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1 Wasp -- rank: 1000

Wasp definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary WASP, n. [G., L.] In entomology, a genus of insects, Vespa ... Anglo-Saxon ancestry who belongs to a Protestant denomination [syn: WASP, white Anglo-Saxon Protestant] 2: social or solitary hymenopterans typically ... Old English węps, węsp; akin to Old High German wafsa wasp, Latin vespa wasp Date: before 12th century 1. any of numerous social or ... any of various hymenopterous insects (as a chalcid or ichneumon wasp) other than wasps with larvae that are parasitic on ...

2 digger wasp -- rank: 894

digger wasp definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: solitary wasp that digs nests in the soil and stocks them with ... the larvae Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1880 a burrowing wasp; especially any of numerous usually solitary wasps (superfamily Sphecoidea) that ... insects or spiders paralyzed by stinging Webster's 1913 Dictionary Wasp Wasp, n. [OE. waspe, AS. w[ae]ps, w[ae]fs ... G. wespe, OHG. wafsa, wefsa, Lith. vapsa gadfly, Russ. osa wasp, L. vespa, and perhaps to E. weave.] (Zo["o] ...

3 Mud wasp -- rank: 884

Mud wasp definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Wasp Wasp, n. [OE. waspe, AS. w[ae]ps, w[ae]fs ... G. wespe, OHG. wafsa, wefsa, Lith. vapsa gadfly, Russ. osa wasp, L. vespa, and perhaps to E. weave.] (Zo["o]l ... the sweet juices of fruit. See Illust. in Appendix. Digger wasp, any one of numerous species of solitary wasps that make ... dig in the ground, as the sand wasps. See Sand wasp, under Sand. Mud wasp. See under Mud. Potter wasp. ...

4 potter wasp -- rank: 884

potter wasp definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: any of ... cells of mud for their eggs Webster's 1913 Dictionary Wasp Wasp, n. [OE. waspe, AS. w[ae]ps, w[ae]fs ... G. wespe, OHG. wafsa, wefsa, Lith. vapsa gadfly, Russ. osa wasp, L. vespa, and perhaps to E. weave.] (Zo["o]l ... the sweet juices of fruit. See Illust. in Appendix. Digger wasp, any one of numerous species of solitary wasps that make ... dig in the ground, as the sand wasps. See Sand wasp, under Sand. Mud wasp. See under Mud. Potter wasp. ...

5 Wasp fly -- rank: 865

Wasp fly definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Wasp Wasp, n. [OE. waspe, AS. w[ae]ps, w[ae]fs ... G. wespe, OHG. wafsa, wefsa, Lith. vapsa gadfly, Russ. osa wasp, L. vespa, and perhaps to E. weave.] (Zo["o]l ... the sweet juices of fruit. See Illust. in Appendix. Digger wasp, any one of numerous species of solitary wasps that make ... dig in the ground, as the sand wasps. See Sand wasp, under Sand. Mud wasp. See under Mud. Potter wasp. ...

6 gall wasp -- rank: 823

gall wasp definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: small solitary wasp that produces galls on oaks and other plants [syn: gall wasp, gallfly, cynipid wasp, cynipid gall wasp] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1879 any of a family ... crown glass;- called also glass gall and sandiver. --Ure. Gall wasp. (Zo["o]l.) See Gallfly.

7 cynipid gall wasp -- rank: 813

cynipid gall wasp definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: small solitary wasp that produces galls on oaks and other plants [syn: gall wasp, gallfly, cynipid wasp, cynipid gall wasp]

8 cynipid wasp -- rank: 813

cynipid wasp definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: small solitary wasp that produces galls on oaks and other plants [syn: gall wasp, gallfly, cynipid wasp, cynipid gall wasp]

9 mason wasp -- rank: 799

mason wasp definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: solitary wasp that constructs nests of hardened mud or clay for the ... and pebbles upon its own shell; a carrier shell. Mason wasp (Zo["o]l.), any wasp that constructs its nest, or brood cells, of hardened mud ...

10 paper wasp -- rank: 799

paper wasp definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: any of ... like paper Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1893 a vespid wasp (especially genus Polistes) that builds a nest of papery material ... one who colors or stamps wall paper. --De Colange. Paper wasp (Zo["o]l.), any wasp which makes a nest of paperlike material, as the yellow ...

11 wasp's nest -- rank: 786

wasp's nest definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: habitation for wasps or hornets [syn: wasp's nest, wasps' nest, hornet's nest, hornets' nest] WordNet ... 0 (2005) n 1: habitation for wasps or hornets [syn: wasp's nest, wasps' nest, hornet's nest, hornets' nest]

12 Wall wasp -- rank: 786

Wall wasp definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Wall Wall, n. [AS. weall ... cloth sides corresponding to the walls of a house. Wall wasp (Zo["o]l.), a common European solitary wasp (Odynerus parietus) which makes its nest in the crevices of ...

13 fig wasp -- rank: 786

fig wasp definitions Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1883 a minute wasp (Blastophaga psenes of the family Agaontidae) that breeds in the caprifig and is the agent of caprification; broadly any wasp of the same family

14 Wasp-fly -- rank: 786

Wasp-fly definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary WASP-FLY, n. A species of fly resembling a wasp, but having no sting, and but two wings.

15 common wasp -- rank: 786

common wasp definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a variety of vespid wasp [syn: common wasp, Vespula vulgaris]