Plural of dauber; multiple creatures or people that daub, smear, or paint; commonly refers to mud dauber wasps.
From 'dauber' (agent noun from 'daub') pluralized with '-s' to indicate more than one.
If you see tiny mud tubes on your porch or under eaves, those are mud dauber nests—and you can safely leave them alone because these wasps are so non-aggressive they're basically the pacifists of the wasp world.
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