velvet ant

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velvet ant

Any of various brightly colored wasps of the family Mutillidae, the females of which are wingless and have a coat of velvety hair.

velvet ant

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a solitary digger wasp of the family Mutillidae

[so named from the wingless female]

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velvet ant - a solitary wasp of the family Mutillidae; the body has a coat of brightly colored velvety hair and the females are wingless

wasp - social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting

family Mutillidae, Mutillidae - a family of wasps

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