ammophila
1 of 3noun (1)
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plural -s
: a sand wasp of the genus Sphex
Ammophila
2 of 3noun (2)
Am·moph·i·la
əˈmäfələ,
aˈ-
: a small genus of coarse perennial grasses growing on sandy shores and dunes and having awnless flowers crowded into a long spikelike panicle see beach grass, marram grass
Ammophila
3 of 3"
taxonomic synonym of sphex:1
Word History
Etymology
Noun (2)
New Latin, from amm- + -phila
New Latin, from amm- + -phila
First Known Use
Noun (1)
1798, in the meaning defined above
Noun (2)
1829, in the meaning defined above
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- fast-mass
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