family Vespidae

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family Vespidae - an arthropod family of the order Hymenoptera including: yellow jackets; hornets; mason waspsVespidaearthropod family - any of the arthropodsHymenoptera, order Hymenoptera - an order of insects including: bees; wasps; ants; ichneumons; sawflies; gall wasps; etc.vespid, vespid wasp - mostly social nest-building waspsgenus Vespa, Vespa - type genus of the Vespidae: various hornets and yellow jacketsgenus Vespula, Vespula - sometimes considered a subgenus of Vespa: social waspsgenus Polistes, Polistes - a genus of VespidaeEumenes, genus Eumenes - mason wasps