masarine
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Noun[edit]
masarine (plural masarines)
- (entomology) Any wasp in the subfamily Masarinae.
- 2007, James H. Hunt, The Evolution of Social Wasps, page 28:
- In contrast to the majority of bees, which transport pollen externally, masarines take pollen mixed with nectar from flowers with deep corollas (Gess 1996).