vespiaryn.
/ˈvɛspɪəri/, U.S. /ˈvɛspiˌɛri/ A wasps' nest.
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1817 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. II. 108 The number of females in a populous vespiary is considerable.
1830 Insect Architecture (L.E.K.) 71 We have never met with a single vespiary in any situation likely to have been frequented by moles.
1890 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 26 122/1 Wasps clothe their vespiary with ten or twelve layers of paper.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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