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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of, relating to, or resembling a wasp.
  • adjective Of or relating to a vespid wasp of the subfamily Vespinae.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to wasps; wasp-like.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of wasps.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From Latin vespa, wasp.]

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  • wasplike.

    and not vespene.

    January 23, 2009