Meaning | Mostly social nest-building wasps. | |
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Synonym | vespid wasp | |
Member of | Vespidae, family Vespidae | An arthropod family of the order Hymenoptera including |
Narrower | common wasp, Vespula vulgaris | A variety of vespid wasp |
hornet | large stinging paper wasp | |
mason wasp | Any of various solitary wasps that construct nests of hardened mud for their young | |
paper wasp | Any of several social wasps that construct nests of a substance like paper | |
potter wasp | Any of various solitary wasps that construct vase-shaped cells of mud for their eggs | |
Broader | wasp | social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting |
Spanish | véspido | |
Catalan | vèspid |
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