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Useful english dictionary. 2012.
vespid — noun mostly social nest building wasps • Syn: ↑vespid wasp • Hypernyms: ↑wasp • Hyponyms: ↑paper wasp, ↑hornet, ↑common wasp, ↑Vespula vulgaris, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
vespid — [ves′pid] n. [< ModL Vespidae < L vespa,WASP] any of a worldwide family (Vespidae) of social wasps, as the hornet and yellow jacket, that live in colonies consisting of a queen, males, and workers adj. of these wasps … English World dictionary
Wasp — Taxobox name = Wasp image width = 180px image caption = Aleiodes indiscretus parasitizing a gypsy moth caterpillar regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Hymenoptera subdivision ranks = Suborder subdivision = Apocrita See… … Wikipedia
vespid — noun Etymology: ultimately from Latin vespa wasp more at wasp Date: circa 1900 any of a cosmopolitan family (Vespidae) of chiefly social wasps that usually live in colonies like bees • vespid adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
vespid — /ves pid/, n. 1. any of numerous, mostly colonial, nest building wasps of the family Vespidae, as the yellow jackets, hornets, and mason wasps. adj. 2. belonging or pertaining to the family Vespidae. [1895 1900; < NL Vespidae, equiv. to Vesp(a) a … Universalium
vespid — 1. adjective Characteristic of the wasp family Vespidae; wasplike 2. noun Any social insect of the family Vespidae including wasps and hornets … Wiktionary
vespid — /ˈvɛspəd/ (say vespuhd) noun 1. any member of the Vespidae, a widely distributed family of social wasps, including the hornets, which live in communities composed of males (drones), females (queens), and workers. –adjective 2. belonging or… …
common wasp — noun a variety of vespid wasp • Syn: ↑Vespula vulgaris • Hypernyms: ↑vespid, ↑vespid wasp • Member Holonyms: ↑Vespula, ↑genus Vespula … Useful english dictionary
mason wasp — noun 1. solitary wasp that constructs nests of hardened mud or clay for the young • Hypernyms: ↑sphecoid wasp, ↑sphecoid • Member Holonyms: ↑Sceliphron, ↑genus Sceliphron 2. any of various solitary wasps that construct nests of hardened mud for… … Useful english dictionary
paper wasp — noun any of several social wasps that construct nests of a substance like paper • Hypernyms: ↑vespid, ↑vespid wasp • Hyponyms: ↑Polistes annularis … Useful english dictionary
