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POLISTES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Polistes mean?
• POLISTES (noun)
The noun POLISTES has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Vespidae
Familiarity information: POLISTES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Vespidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Polistes; Polistes
Hypernyms ("Polistes" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Polistes"):
Polistes annularis (a variety of paper wasp)
Holonyms ("Polistes" is a member of...):
family Vespidae; Vespidae (an arthropod family of the order Hymenoptera including: yellow jackets; hornets; mason wasps)
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