EUMENES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Eumenes mean? 

• EUMENES (noun)
  The noun EUMENES has 1 sense:

1. mason wasps

  Familiarity information: EUMENES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EUMENES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mason wasps

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Eumenes; genus Eumenes

Hypernyms ("Eumenes" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Eumenes"):

mason wasp (any of various solitary wasps that construct nests of hardened mud for their young)

potter wasp (any of various solitary wasps that construct vase-shaped cells of mud for their eggs)

Holonyms ("Eumenes" is a member of...):

family Vespidae; Vespidae (an arthropod family of the order Hymenoptera including: yellow jackets; hornets; mason wasps)