wasp
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- noun
- /wɑsp/
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avispa
- Oh, it's a black wasp carrying a big spider.
- bees and wasps
- wasps attack
- adult wasps
Would you rather be stung by a warrior wasp or a duck billed platypus?
- Would you rather be stung by a warrior wasp or a duck billed platypus?
- So we went and picked up some wasp traps.
- Well, ants, bees, and Wasps are all part of the same branch.
- And then I was hiking in a park and a wasp stung me here.
- Well, these parasitic Wasps specifically seek out your fly larvae.
- So he says, you're sitting watching TV, suddenly discover a wasp crawling on your wrist.
- Also there's a wasp right behind the camera so I'm going to get down.
Examples
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He was stung by a wasp while playing in the backyard.
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The picnic was ruined when a wasp started buzzing around our food.
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There was like a wasp inside the house.
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How can you forget about the wasp?
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So we went and picked up some wasp traps.
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Billy is taking care of the wasp nest.
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Next thing you know, the place is full of wasps.
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Remember when that wasp destroyed the tarantula?
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Suddenly you realize there's a wasp crawling on your arm.
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Four or five Wasps nests had to be removed from this house.
Synonyms
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A large wasp with a strong sting that lives in paper nests
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A small aggressive wasp with yellow and black stripes that often builds nests in the ground
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A small aggressive wasp with yellow and black stripes that stings painfully
A wasp like a yellowjacket or hornet that lives in a colony and builds paper nests
A social wasp that builds nests, like yellowjackets or hornets
A small flying insect with black and yellow stripes that makes nests near houses and can sting
A social insect that makes papery nests from chewed plant fibers
A small wasp with yellow marks that lives in nests in the ground
A wasp that lives alone and hunts insects, often making a nest in soil
A solitary wasp that digs burrows and hunts other insects
A wasp that lives alone, digs a nest in soil and brings stung insects for its young to eat
A wasp that lives alone and builds small mud nests for its young
A wasp that lives alone and builds vase-shaped mud nests for its eggs
A wasp that digs a nest in the ground and hunts insects alone
A large wasp that hunts cicadas
A solitary wasp with soft bright hair and wingless females
A small wasp that lays eggs on oak leaves causing round growths
A very small wasp whose young grow inside other insects' eggs or young, helping to control pests
Compounds
- Specialized
A very small wasp whose young grow inside other insects' eggs or young, helping to control pests
- UK
A small flying insect with black and yellow stripes that makes nests near houses and can sting
- Specialized
A small wasp that makes round growths called galls on oak trees and other plants
A wasp that lives alone, digs a nest in soil and brings stung insects for its young to eat
How Small
Surface Forms
Etymology
Wasp comes from an old German word, the same sound you still hear in German Wespe and Dutch wesp, so many languages kept this name for the yellow-and-black insect. That's why wasp today means the slim insect that can 'sting' you.