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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 waspsplay

    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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