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paper wasp

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paper wasp
n.
Any of various social wasps, such as the hornet, that build papery nests from chewed wood pulp.
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Noun1.paper wasp - any of several social wasps that construct nests of a substance like paperpaper wasp - any of several social wasps that construct nests of a substance like paper
vespid, vespid wasp - mostly social nest-building wasps
Polistes annularis - a variety of paper wasp
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