a wasp's nest (sting)

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• wasp — noun WASP + VERB ▪ crawl, fly ▪ sting sb ▪ buzz WASP + NOUN ▪ sting ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• wasp — [wäsp, wôsp] n. [ME waspe < OE wæsp, akin to Ger wespe < Gmc base * waps < IE * wobhsā < base * webh , to WEAVE (in reference to the cocoonlike nest)] any of various families of winged hymenopteran insects, characterized by a slender… …   English World dictionary

• Wasp — Taxobox name = Wasp image width = 180px image caption = Aleiodes indiscretus parasitizing a gypsy moth caterpillar regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Hymenoptera subdivision ranks = Suborder subdivision = Apocrita See… …   Wikipedia

• WASP — /wosp/, Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive. n. 1. a white Anglo Saxon Protestant. 2. a member of the privileged, established white upper middle class in the U.S. adj. 3. Waspy. Also, Wasp. [1955 60] /wosp/, n. a member of the Women s Air Force… …   Universalium

• wasp — wasplike, adj. /wosp/, n. 1. any of numerous social or solitary hymenopterous insects of the Vespidae, Sphecidae, and allied families, generally having a long, slender body and narrow waist and, in the female, a stinger. 2. a person who is… …   Universalium

• wasp — noun 1》 a social insect with a narrow waisted, typically black and yellow striped body, which carries a sting and builds elaborate nests from wood pulp. [Vespula, Polistes, and other genera.] 2》 a hymenopterous insect of a large group resembling… …   English new terms dictionary

• spider wasp — any of certain wasps, esp. of the family Pompilidae, that provision their nests with paralyzed spiders. [1810 20] * * * ▪ insect  any insect of the family Pompilidae, also known as Psammocharidae (order Hymenoptera). They are distributed… …   Universalium

• Digger wasp — Not to be confused with Digging wasp. Digger wasps Sphex pensylvanicus Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

• Paper wasp — Paper wasps are 3/4 inch to 1 inch (2 2.5 cm) long wasps that gather fibers from dead wood and plant stems, which they mix with saliva, and use to construct water resistant nests that appear to be made of gray or brown papery material. Paper… …   Wikipedia

• thread-waisted wasp — ▪ insect       any of a group of large, common, solitary (nonsocial) wasps in the family Sphecidae (order Hymenoptera) that are named for the stalklike anterior (front) end of the abdomen. Thread waisted wasps are typically more than 2.5 cm… …   Universalium

• Mason wasp — Mason Ma son, n. [F. ma[,c]on, LL. macio, machio, mattio, mactio, marcio, macerio; of uncertain origin.] [1913 Webster] 1. One whose occupation is to build with stone or brick; also, one who prepares stone for building purposes. [1913 Webster] 2 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English