GENUS POLISTES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Polistes mean? 

• GENUS POLISTES (noun)
  The noun GENUS POLISTES has 1 sense:

1. a genus of Vespidae

  Familiarity information: GENUS POLISTES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS POLISTES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Vespidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Polistes; Polistes

Hypernyms ("genus Polistes" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Polistes"):

Polistes annularis (a variety of paper wasp)

Holonyms ("genus Polistes" is a member of...):

family Vespidae; Vespidae (an arthropod family of the order Hymenoptera including: yellow jackets; hornets; mason wasps)