noun
sometimes considered a subgenus of Vespa: social wasps
• Syn: ↑Vespula
• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Vespidae, ↑family Vespidae
• Member Meronyms: ↑common wasp, ↑Vespula vulgaris, ↑yellow jacket, ↑yellow hornet, ↑Vespula maculifrons
Useful english dictionary. 2012.