a. Ent. [f. Gr. σφηκ-, σφήξ wasp (see SPHEX) + -OID.] Wasp-like; spec. resembling, or related to, the digger-wasps.
1815. Kirby & Sp., Entomol., ix. (1818), I. 263. It is probable that most of the other Vespoid and Sphecoid Hymenoptera … assist in this great work.
1858. Mayne, Expos. Lex., 1183/2. Sphecoides,… resembling a wasp: sphecoid.
