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vespid, n. and a. Entomol.
Brit. |ˈvɛspɪd|, U.S. |ˈvɛspɪd|
[‹ classical Latin vespa wasp n.1 + -id suffix3, after scientific Latin Vespidae, family name (1836 or earlier). Compare earlier vespidous adj. and French vespides, plural noun (1852), German Vespiden, plural noun (1867 or earlier).]
A. n. Any of the numerous hymenopteran insects constituting the family Vespidae, which includes most of the eusocial wasps (yellowjackets, hornets, etc.) as well as various solitary species.
1877C. R. Osten Sacken in Bull. U.S. Geol. & Geogr. Surv. of Territories 3 350 Cases of identity [across different continents] of small and exclusive genera, like the above-quoted one of the Vespid Masaris, are..very interesting. 1908J. R. Ainsworth Davis tr. P. Knuth Handbk. Flower Pollination II. 465 In Dumfriesshire, a Vespid, 2 Muscids, and a Syrphid were recorded [visiting Sanicula europaea]. 1939F. E. Clements & V. E. Shelford Bio-ecology v. 152 Among the social wasps, a distinct worker caste first appears in the vespids. 1979Columbus (Nebraska) Telegram 30 July 8/2 The researchers found a far better defense against sting allergy is the bee's or vespid's own venom. 2004Washington Post (Nexis) 28 June a2 The cicada killer wasp is a sphecid, not a vespid, and it rarely stings humans.
B. adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the wasp family Vespidae.
1932Q. Rev. Biol. 7 207/1 In addition to the vespid population..there were found in the nest four foreign insects. 1955Systematic Zool. 4 99/2 When viewed from this point it resembles a tiny, filmy, white vespid nest. 1999Toxicon 37 1015 Vespid phospholipases are known as one of the three major venom allergens in many species of wasps. 2002M. D. Greenfield Signalers & Receivers iii. 107 Trail pheromones also occur..in some of the aerial eusocial insects, the vespid wasps and the apid bees. |