vespid wasp

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vespid wasp - mostly social nest-building wasps vespid wasp - social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting family Vespidae, Vespidae - an arthropod family of the order Hymenoptera including: yellow jackets; hornets; mason wasps paper wasp - any of several social wasps that construct nests of a substance like paper hornet - large stinging paper wasp common wasp, Vespula vulgaris - a variety of vespid wasp mason wasp - any of various solitary wasps that construct nests of hardened mud for their young potter wasp - any of various solitary wasps that construct vase-shaped cells of mud for their eggs