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Definition: Sphex fly
Sphex
\Sphex\, n.[NL., fr. Gr. ???, ???, a wasp.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of sand wasps of the genus
Sphex and allied genera. These wasps have the abdomen
attached to the thorax by a slender pedicel. See Illust. of
Sand wasp, under
Sand.
[1913 Webster]
Sphex fly (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of small
dipterous flies of the genus
Conops and allied genera.
The form of the body is similar to that of a sphex.
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