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Vespula

noun

sometimes considered a subgenus of Vespa: social wasps

• Syn: ↑genus Vespula

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Vespidae, ↑family Vespidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑common wasp, ↑Vespula vulgaris, ↑yellow jacket, ↑yellow hornet, ↑Vespula maculifrons

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\\ˈvespyələ\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Vespa + -ula

: a genus of social wasps that includes various hornets and yellow jackets and is sometimes treated as a subgenus of Vespa

Useful english dictionary. 2012.