VESPID WASP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vespid wasp mean? 

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

1. mostly social nest-building wasps

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• VESPID WASP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mostly social nest-building wasps

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

vespid; vespid wasp

Hypernyms ("vespid wasp" 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 wasp"):

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 wasp" is a member of...):

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