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Wasp - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Wasp : (noun)
1: a white person of Anglo-Saxon ancestry who belongs to a
Protestant denomination [syn: WASP, 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
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Wasp : \Wasp\, n. [OE. waspe, AS. w[ae]ps, w[ae]fs; akin to D.
wesp, G. wespe, OHG. wafsa, wefsa, Lith. vapsa gadfly, Russ.
osa wasp, L. vespa, and perhaps to E. weave.] (Zo["o]l.)
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.
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 larv[ae] are
reared in the cells of the combs, and eat insects and
insect larv[ae] 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.
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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Wasp : Web stAndardS Project (WWW, W3C)
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Wasp |
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ichigohamigaki: @scarlet_Wasp 今年のテンプレに必須ってあったよ！ |
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suwa_satoko: RT @911nuke: RT @kenichin625 RT @swimmym ユダヤ人だらけの米大学時代も、Waspだらけの投資銀行時代も、華僑の投資会社時代にも思ったが、能力的には日本人は圧倒的優秀。これに主体性と自己主張が加わると、アジアでも世界でも絶対負けないような気が |
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jackieeLALALA: @shaundiviney why ? :| is there a Wasp ? a bee ? a spider ? aliens ? |
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