VESPULA

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Vespula mean? 

• VESPULA (noun)
  The noun VESPULA has 1 sense:

1. sometimes considered a subgenus of Vespa: social wasps

  Familiarity information: VESPULA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VESPULA (noun)

Meaning:

Sometimes considered a subgenus of Vespa: social wasps

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Vespula; Vespula

Hypernyms ("Vespula" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "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 ("Vespula" is a member of...):

family Vespidae; Vespidae (an arthropod family of the order Hymenoptera including: yellow jackets; hornets; mason wasps)