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GENUS POLISTES

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A genus of Vespidae

Synonyms:

genus Polistes; Polistes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Polistes" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Polistes"):

Polistes annularis (a variety of paper wasp)

Holonyms ("genus Polistes" is a member of...):

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

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