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wasp


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wasp  \Wasp\,  n.  [OE.  waspe,  AS  w[ae]ps,  w[ae]fs;  akin  to  D. 
  wesp,  G.  wespe  OHG.  wafsa,  wefsa  Lith.  vapsa  gadfly,  Russ. 
  osa  wasp,  L.  vespa,  and  perhaps  to  E.  weave.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  Any  one  of  numerous  species  of  stinging  hymenopterous 
  insects,  esp.  any  of  the  numerous  species  of  the  genus 
  {Vespa},  which  includes  the  true,  or  social,  wasps,  some  of 
  which  are  called  {yellow  jackets}. 
 
  Note:  The  social  wasps  make  a  complex  series  of  combs,  of  a 
  substance  like  stiff  paper,  often  of  large  size,  and 
  protect  them  by  a  paperlike  covering.  The  larv[ae]  are 
  reared  in  the  cells  of  the  combs,  and  eat  insects  and 
  insect  larv[ae]  brought  to  them  by  the  adults,  but  the 
  latter  feed  mainly  on  the  honey  and  pollen  of  flowers, 
  and  on  the  sweet  juices  of  fruit.  See  Illust.  in 
  Appendix. 
 
  {Digger  wasp},  any  one  of  numerous  species  of  solitary  wasps 
  that  make  their  nests  in  burrows  which  they  dig  in  the 
  ground,  as  the  sand  wasps.  See  {Sand  wasp},  under  {Sand}. 
 
 
  {Mud  wasp}.  See  under  {Mud}. 
 
  {Potter  wasp}.  See  under  {Potter}. 
 
  {Wasp  fly},  a  species  of  fly  resembling  a  wasp,  but  without  a 
  sting. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  WASP 
  n  1:  a  White  Protestant  of  Anglo-Saxon  ancestry  [syn:  {WASP},  {white 
  Anglo-Saxon  Protestant}] 
  2:  social  or  solitary  hymenopterans  typically  having  a  slender 
  body  with  the  abdomen  attached  by  a  narrow  stalk  and 
  having  a  formidable  sting 
 
  From  V.E.R.A.  --  Virtual  Entity  of  Relevant  Acronyms  13  March  2001  [vera]: 
 
  WASP 
  Web  stAndardS  Project  (WWW,  W3C) 
 
 




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