pemphredon

[Gr. pemphrēdōn =a kind of wasp which built in hollow oaks or underground.] Entomology: A genus of Sphecide. Pemphredon lugubris, a small black species; it stores its nest with aphides. pěn (1), s. [PEN (1), v.] A small inclosure, as for cattle, fowls, .; a coop, a sty. "Now, shepherds, to your helple charge be kind, Baffle the raging year, and fill their pens With food." Thomson: Winter , 266.