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VESPULA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Sometimes considered a subgenus of Vespa: social wasps

Synonyms:

genus Vespula; Vespula

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Vespula" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Vespula"):

common wasp; Vespula vulgaris (a variety of vespid wasp)

Vespula maculifrons; yellow hornet; yellow jacket (small yellow-marked social wasp commonly nesting in the ground)

Holonyms ("Vespula" is a member of...):

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

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