Usually means: Genus of digger wasps species.
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  1. Sphex, Sphex, sphex: Merriam-Webster
  2. Sphex, sphex: Wordnik
  3. sphex: Wiktionary
  4. Sphex, sphex: Dictionary.com
  5. Sphex: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. Sphex: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. sphex: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Sphex: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. sphex: FreeDictionary.org
  10. Sphex: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (sphex)

▸ noun:  (zoology) Any of the sand wasps of Sphex and allied genera.

Similar:
sphindid, sphaerexochine, sphyrnid, sphaerotheriid, sphenopid, sphaeriid, sphaeropsocid, scoliid, spiraxid, sapygid, more...

Opposite:
asphex, non-sphex

Phrases:
sphex fly, Sphex pensylvanicus, more...

Adjectives:
winged, parasitic, banded, edged, petiolated, dead, young

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Similar:
sphindid, sphaerexochine, sphyrnid, sphaerotheriid, sphenopid, sphaeriid, sphaeropsocid, scoliid, spiraxid, sapygid, more...

Opposite:
asphex, non-sphex

Phrases:
sphex fly, Sphex pensylvanicus, more...

Adjectives:
winged, parasitic, banded, edged, petiolated, dead, young



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