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PAPER WASP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does paper wasp mean?
• PAPER WASP (noun)
The noun PAPER WASP has 1 sense:
1. any of several social wasps that construct nests of a substance like paper
Familiarity information: PAPER WASP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several social wasps that construct nests of a substance like paper
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("paper wasp" is a kind of...):
vespid; vespid wasp (mostly social nest-building wasps)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "paper wasp"):
Polistes annularis (a variety of paper wasp)
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