Eumenes

noun

Eu·​me·​nes

ˈyüməˌnēz

: a widely distributed genus (family Vespidae) comprising chiefly black or black and yellow solitary wasps that build jug-shaped cells of mud singly or in rows and stock them with caterpillars as food for the larval wasps see potter wasp

eumenid

ˈyüməˌnid

yüˈmenə̇d

adjective or noun

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek eumenēs well-disposed, from eu- + -menēs (from menos spirit, intent)

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