Definitions for mud dauber
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
mud′ daub`er(n.)
any of several wasps of the family Sphecidae that build a nest of mud cells and provision it with paralyzed spiders or insects for the larvae to feed on.
Category: Entomology
Origin of mud dauber:
1855–60, Amer.
Princeton's WordNet
mud dauber(noun)
wasp that constructs mud cells on a solid base in which females place eggs laid in paralyzed insect larvae
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