wasp : Idioms & Phrases

• noun any of various tiny insects whose larvae are parasites on eggs and larvae of other insects; many are beneficial in destroying injurious insects
  chalcid; chalcidfly; chalcid fly.
  

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• noun a variety of vespid wasp
  Vespula vulgaris.
  

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• noun small solitary wasp that produces galls on oaks and other plants
  gallfly; cynipid wasp; cynipid gall wasp.
  

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• noun small solitary wasp that produces galls on oaks and other plants
  gallfly; cynipid wasp; cynipid gall wasp.
  

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• noun solitary wasp that digs nests in the soil and stocks them with paralyzed insects for the larvae
  

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• (Zoöl.), any one of the fossorial Hymenoptera.
• any one of numerous species of solitary wasps that make their nests in burrows which they dig in the ground, as the sand wasps. See Sand wasp, under Sand.

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• noun small solitary wasp that produces galls on oaks and other plants
  gallfly; cynipid wasp; cynipid gall wasp.
  

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• . (Zoöl.) See Gallfly.

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• (Zoöl.), a bright-colored hymenopterous insect, of the family Chrysididæ. The colors are golden, blue, and green.

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• (Zoöl.), a sawfiy.

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• noun solitary wasp that constructs nests of hardened mud or clay for the young
  
• noun any of various solitary wasps that construct nests of hardened mud for their young
  

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• (Zoöl.), any wasp that constructs its nest, or brood cells, of hardened mud. The female fills the cells with insects or spiders, paralyzed by a sting, and thus provides food for its larvæ

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• (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to Pepæus, and allied genera, which construct groups of mud cells, attached, side by side, to stones or to the woodwork of buildings, etc. The female places an egg in each cell, together with spiders or other insects, paralyzed by a sting, to serve as food for the larva. Called also mud dauber.

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• noun any of several social wasps that construct nests of a substance like paper
  

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• (Zoöl.), any wasp which makes a nest of paperlike material, as the yellow jacket.

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• noun any of various solitary wasps that construct vase-shaped cells of mud for their eggs
  

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• (Zoöl.), a small solitary wasp (Eumenes fraternal) which constructs a globular nest of mud and sand in which it deposits insect larvæ, such as cankerworms, as food for its young.

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• (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to the families Pompilidæ and Spheridæ, which dig burrows in sand. The female provisions the nest with insects or spiders which she paralyzes by stinging, and which serve as food for her young.

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• noun any of various solitary wasps
  sphecoid.
  

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• noun mostly social nest-building wasps
  vespid.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a common European solitary wasp (Odynerus parietus) which makes its nest in the crevices of walls.

Webster 1913

• a species of fly resembling a wasp, but without a sting.

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• noun a very slender waist
  

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• noun habitation for wasps or hornets
  hornet's nest; hornets' nest; wasp's nest.
  

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• adjective satellite having a small waist
  slender-waisted; slim-waisted.
  

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• noun habitation for wasps or hornets
  hornet's nest; hornets' nest; wasp's nest.
  

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