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vespa
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun vespa has 1 sense
- vespa(n = noun.animal) genus vespa - type genus of the Vespidae: various hornets and yellow jackets; Array is a kind of arthropod genus
is a member of family vespidae, vespidae
CIDE DICTIONARY
vespa, prop. n. [L., wasp.].
A genus of Hymenoptera including the common wasps and hornets. [1913 Webster]
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