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Paper wasp Moderate

Paper wasp has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

2

Any wasp in the vespid subfamily Polistinae, known for making paper-like nests out of fibers from dead wood and plant stems.

See Also
vespid polistinae subfamily petiole
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
vespid
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
Polistes annularis
Rhyming Words
asp gasp hasp wasp rasp clasp grasp unhasp engrasp regrasp begrasp unclasp enclasp reclasp sea wasp fig wasp woodwasp foregrasp handclasp euro wasp
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