| NOUN | animal | vespid wasp, vespid | mostly social nest-building wasps |
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| Meaning | Mostly social nest-building wasps. | |
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| Synonym | vespid | |
| 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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