Definition of Bembix

1. bembex [n -ES] - See also: bembex

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bembix

bemangled
bemar
bemark
bemas
bemask
bemaster
bemata
bemaul
bemauled
bemauling
bemauls
bemaze
bemazed
bembex
bembexes
bembix (current term)
bembixes
beme
bemean
bemeaned
bemeaning
bemeans
bemeant
bemedal
bemedaled
bemedalled
bemedals
bemeet
bemegride
bementite

Literary usage of Bembix

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Scientific Monthly by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1922)
"The prey of each species of bembix consists of the ... At least one European species of bembix (B. mediterraneus), according to ..."

2. Professional Paper by Geological Survey (U.S.) (1909)
"288, 1893 (March, antedated July, 1892); new name for bembix Watson, not DC Koninck. This group, regarded at first as a subgenus of Margarites, ..."

3. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"... in Greece, and has even been known to cause serious fires. Tops were known under various names (bembix, ..."

4. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1895)
"... bembix, and G-aza. The exploring voyages of the American surveying steamer Blake, in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean ..."

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