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Vespidae
noun
an arthropod family of the order Hymenoptera including: yellow jackets; hornets; mason wasps
Syn: ↑family Vespidae
Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family
Member Holonyms: ↑Hymenoptera, ↑order Hymenoptera
Member Meronyms:
vespid, ↑vespid wasp, ↑Vespa, ↑genus Vespa, ↑Vespula, ↑genus Vespula, ↑Polistes, ↑genus Polistes, ↑Eumenes, ↑genus Eumenes

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\\-pəˌdē\ noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Vespa, type genus + -idae
: a widely distributed family of wasps (superfamily Vespoidea) containing the social wasps that live in colonies like bees, produce workers as well as perfect females and males, feed on various animal or vegetable matter but usually do not store up supplies since their colonies are destroyed by the cold season, and build nests which generally consist of or contain one or more combs of papery material that is usually horizontally placed so that the cells are vertical and with the open end down — compare polistes, vespa, vespula; hornet, yellow jacket

Useful english dictionary. 2012.