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social wasp

American  

noun

  1. any of several wasps, as the hornets or yellowjackets, that live together in a community.

Etymology

Origin of social wasp

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

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One day last September the writer picked up a nest of the common social wasp, Polistes, which had been detached from its support, and placed it upon his desk.

From Journal of Entomology and Zoology Volume 11, Number 4, December 1919 by Alexander, Charles P.

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