vespid

ves·pid

V0075600 (vĕs′pĭd)n. Any of various widely distributed insects of the family Vespidae, which includes the paper wasps, hornets, and yellow jackets.

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[From New Latin Vespidae, family name, from Vespa, type genus, from Latin vespa, wasp.]

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ves′pid adj.

vespid

(ˈvɛspɪd) n1. (Animals) any hymenopterous insect of the family Vespidae, including the common wasps and hornets2. (Zoology) any hymenopterous insect of the family Vespidae, including the common wasps and hornetsadj (Zoology) of, relating to, or belonging to the family Vespidae[C19: from New Latin Vespidae, from Latin vespa a wasp]

ves•pid

(ˈvɛs pɪd)

n. 1. any of numerous nest-building wasps of the family Vespidae, including the yellowjackets, hornets, and mason wasps. adj. 2. belonging or pertaining to the family Vespidae. [1895–1900; < New Latin Vespidae]

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vespid - mostly social nest-building wasps vespid waspwasp - social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable stingfamily Vespidae, Vespidae - an arthropod family of the order Hymenoptera including: yellow jackets; hornets; mason waspspaper wasp - any of several social wasps that construct nests of a substance like paperhornet - large stinging paper waspcommon wasp, Vespula vulgaris - a variety of vespid waspmason wasp - any of various solitary wasps that construct nests of hardened mud for their youngpotter wasp - any of various solitary wasps that construct vase-shaped cells of mud for their eggs