VESPID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vespid mean? 

• VESPID (noun)
  The noun VESPID has 1 sense:

1. mostly social nest-building wasps

  Familiarity information: VESPID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VESPID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mostly social nest-building wasps

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

vespid; vespid wasp

Hypernyms ("vespid" is a kind of...):

wasp (social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vespid"):

paper wasp (any of several social wasps that construct nests of a substance like paper)

hornet (large stinging paper wasp)

common wasp; Vespula vulgaris (a variety of vespid wasp)

mason wasp (any of various solitary wasps that construct nests of hardened mud for their young)

potter wasp (any of various solitary wasps that construct vase-shaped cells of mud for their eggs)

Holonyms ("vespid" is a member of...):

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