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Noun: mud dauber
  1. Wasp that constructs mud cells on a solid base in which females place eggs laid in paralysed insect larvae
    "Mud daubers built their tubular nests on the porch ceiling"

Derived forms: mud daubers

Type of: sphecoid, sphecoid wasp

Part of: family Sphecidae, Sphecidae

Encyclopedia: Mud dauber