GENUS VESPULA
Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Vespula mean? • GENUS VESPULA (noun)
The noun GENUS VESPULA has 1 sense:
1. sometimes considered a subgenus of Vespa: social wasps
Familiarity information: GENUS VESPULA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GENUS VESPULA (noun)
Meaning:
Sometimes considered a subgenus of Vespa: social wasps
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Vespula; Vespula
Hypernyms ("genus Vespula" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "genus Vespula"):
common wasp; Vespula vulgaris (a variety of vespid wasp)
Vespula maculifrons; yellow hornet; yellow jacket (small yellow-marked social wasp commonly nesting in the ground)
Holonyms ("genus Vespula" is a member of...):
family Vespidae; Vespidae (an arthropod family of the order Hymenoptera including: yellow jackets; hornets; mason wasps)
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