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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of numerous brightly colored parasitic wasps of the family Mutillidae, whose females are wingless and have a coat of velvety hair.
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- noun A
wasp of thefamily Mutillidae with densehair and whosewingless females resembleants .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a solitary wasp of the family Mutillidae; the body has a coat of brightly colored velvety hair and the females are wingless
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