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Meaning of cuckoo wasp | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Any of the many wasps of the family Chrysididae that are kleptoparasites or parasitoids and are often brightly coloured.

Equivalents

Suomi kultapistiäinen

Examples

“In this volume the author presents an account of the ants and cuckoo wasps.”
“In our account of the mason-wasps, we have referred to the destruction of their grubs by the interposition of the ruby-tails or cuckoo-wasps.”
“Dr. L. H. Taylor determined the cuckoo-wasps (Chrysididae); Dr. H. T. Fernald the Sphecidae;[…].”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

cuckoo-bread cuckoo-dove cuckoo-finch cuckoo-hawk cuckoo-roller cuckoo-spittle

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