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wasp

wasp [ wosp ] (plural wasps)


noun 
Definition:
 
striped black-and-yellow stinging insect: a slender black-and-yellow-striped social stinging insect that typically has well-developed wings, biting mouthparts, and a narrow stalk connecting the abdomen and thorax. Families Vespidae, Sphecidae.

[ Old English wæsp< Indo-European, "to weave"]
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