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FAMILY VESPIDAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An arthropod family of the order Hymenoptera including: yellow jackets; hornets; mason wasps

Synonyms:

family Vespidae; Vespidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("family Vespidae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "family Vespidae"):

vespid; vespid wasp (mostly social nest-building wasps)

genus Vespa; Vespa (type genus of the Vespidae: various hornets and yellow jackets)

genus Vespula; Vespula (sometimes considered a subgenus of Vespa: social wasps)

genus Polistes; Polistes (a genus of Vespidae)

Eumenes; genus Eumenes (mason wasps)

Holonyms ("family Vespidae" is a member of...):

Hymenoptera; order Hymenoptera (an order of insects including: bees; wasps; ants; ichneumons; sawflies; gall wasps; etc.)

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