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Word: Wasp
Speech Type: Noun
Old English wæfs, wæps, wæsp, of West Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin vespa; perhaps related to weave (from the weblike form of its nest)
wɒsp
a social winged insect which has a narrow waist and a sting and is typically yellow with black stripes. It constructs a paper nest from wood pulp and raises the larvae on a diet of insects.
Short Definition:social winged insect which has narrow waist and sting
a solitary winged insect with a narrow waist, mostly distantly related to the social wasps and including many parasitic kinds.
Short Definition:solitary winged insect with narrow waist
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