noun
sometimes considered a subgenus of Vespa: social wasps
• Syn: ↑genus Vespula
• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Vespidae, ↑family Vespidae
• Member Meronyms: ↑common wasp, ↑Vespula vulgaris, ↑yellow jacket, ↑yellow hornet, ↑Vespula maculifrons
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\\ˈvespyələ\ nounUsage: capitalized
: a genus of social wasps that includes various hornets and yellow jackets and is sometimes treated as a subgenus of Vespa
Useful english dictionary. 2012.