| wasp | | |
| n. (person) | 1. wasp, white anglo-saxon protestant | a white person of Anglo-Saxon ancestry who belongs to a Protestant denomination. |
| ~ caucasian, white, white person | a member of the Caucasoid race. |
| ~ protestant | an adherent of Protestantism. |
| n. (animal) | 2. wasp | social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting. |
| ~ hymenopter, hymenopteran, hymenopteron, hymenopterous insect | insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing. |
| ~ vespid, vespid wasp | mostly social nest-building wasps. |
| ~ velvet ant | a solitary wasp of the family Mutillidae; the body has a coat of brightly colored velvety hair and the females are wingless. |
| ~ sphecoid, sphecoid wasp | any of various solitary wasps. |
| ~ cynipid gall wasp, cynipid wasp, gall wasp, gallfly | small solitary wasp that produces galls on oaks and other plants. |
| yellow jacket | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. nembutal, pentobarbital, pentobarbital sodium, yellow jacket | a barbiturate (trade name Nembutal) used as a sedative and hypnotic and antispasmodic. |
| ~ barbiturate | organic compound having powerful soporific effect; overdose can be fatal. |
| n. (animal) | 2. vespula maculifrons, yellow hornet, yellow jacket | small yellow-marked social wasp commonly nesting in the ground. |
| ~ hornet | large stinging paper wasp. |
| ~ genus vespula, vespula | sometimes considered a subgenus of Vespa: social wasps. |
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