velvet ant in British English
noun
a solitary digger wasp of the family Mutillidae
Word origin
C19: so named from the wingless femalevelvet ant in American English
US
any of a family (Mutillidae) of antlike wasps, often with brightly colored hairs: the females are wingless
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Word lists withvelvet ant
ant, bee, wasp- rampantly
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