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VESPA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Vespa mean?
• VESPA (noun)
The noun VESPA has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Vespidae: various hornets and yellow jackets
Familiarity information: VESPA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Vespidae: various hornets and yellow jackets
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Vespa; Vespa
Hypernyms ("Vespa" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Holonyms ("Vespa" is a member of...):
family Vespidae; Vespidae (an arthropod family of the order Hymenoptera including: yellow jackets; hornets; mason wasps)
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