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Found 4 hits - Term: wasp, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
wasp \wasp\, n. oe. waspe, as. waeps, waefs; akin to d.
   wesp, g. wespe, ohg. wafsa, wefsa, lith. vapsa gadfly, russ.
   osa wasp, l. vespa, and perhaps to e. weave. zool.
   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.
   1913 webster

   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 larvae are
         reared in the cells of the combs, and eat insects and
         insect larvae 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.
         1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
      1913 webster
see also:
vespa yellow jackets digger wasp sand wasp sand mud wasp 
mud potter wasp potter wasp fly 
[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
wasp
     n 1: a white person of anglo-saxon ancestry who belongs to a
          protestant denomination syn: 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
see also:
white anglo-saxon protestant 
[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
41 moby thesaurus words for "wasp":
   american indian, amerind, australian aborigine, bushman, caucasian,
   indian, malayan, mister charley, mongolian, negrillo, negrito,
   negro, oriental, red indian, black, black man, blackfellow, boy,
   brown man, burrhead, colored person, coon, darky, gook, honky,
   jigaboo, jungle bunny, nigger, niggra, ofay, paleface, pygmy,
   red man, redskin, slant-eye, spade, the man, white, white man,
   whitey, yellow man




[4] : Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)
wasp
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Results 1 - 3 of 3 found about wasp:

Wasp >> W Words
Wasp, definition of term: Wasp
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Potter Wasp >> P Words
Potter Wasp, definition of term: Potter Wasp
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Gall Wasp >> G Words
Gall Wasp, definition of term: Gall Wasp
gall+wasp_pag1.html


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