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yellow jacket
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yellow jacket
n.
Any of several small wasps of the family Vespidae that have yellow and black markings and usually nest in the ground.
yellow jacket
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) US and Canadian any of several social wasps of the genus Vespa, having yellow markings on the body
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Noun1.yellow jacket - a barbiturate (trade name Nembutal) used as a sedative and hypnotic and antispasmodic
Nembutal, pentobarbital, pentobarbital sodium
barbiturate - organic compound having powerful soporific effect; overdose can be fatal
2.yellow jacket - small yellow-marked social wasp commonly nesting in the groundyellow jacket - small yellow-marked social wasp commonly nesting in the ground
Vespula maculifrons, yellow hornet
hornet - large stinging paper wasp
genus Vespula, Vespula - sometimes considered a subgenus of Vespa: social wasps
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