Sphex

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sphex \Sphex\, n.[NL., fr. Gr. ???, ???, a wasp.] (Zool.)
     Any one of numerous species of sand wasps of the genus
     {Sphex} and allied genera. These wasps have the abdomen
     attached to the thorax by a slender pedicel. See Illust. of
     {Sand wasp}, under {Sand}.
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     {Sphex fly} (Zool.), any one of numerous species of small
        dipterous flies of the genus {Conops} and allied genera.
        The form of the body is similar to that of a sphex.
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