mason wasp

noun

A potter wasp.

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Meanings

nounmason wasp (plural mason wasps)

plural mason wasps

  1. A potter wasp.

    Crabbe continued to lie, eyes slowly following the questing flight of a mason-wasp, flat on his back, hands folded.

    1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 383
  2. A wasp of species Pison spinolae, of New Zealand.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
potter wasp
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APA

mason wasp. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mason%20wasp

MLA

“mason wasp.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mason%20wasp. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mason wasp,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mason%20wasp.

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