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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:
Hypernyms ("Vespidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "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 ("Vespidae" is a member of...):
Hymenoptera; order Hymenoptera (an order of insects including: bees; wasps; ants; ichneumons; sawflies; gall wasps; etc.)