COMMON WASP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does common wasp mean? 

• COMMON WASP (noun)
  The noun COMMON WASP has 1 sense:

1. a variety of vespid wasp

  Familiarity information: COMMON WASP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMMON WASP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A variety of vespid wasp

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

common wasp; Vespula vulgaris

Hypernyms ("common wasp" is a kind of...):

vespid; vespid wasp (mostly social nest-building wasps)

Holonyms ("common wasp" is a member of...):

genus Vespula; Vespula (sometimes considered a subgenus of Vespa: social wasps)