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VESPULA MACULIFRONS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Vespula maculifrons mean?
• VESPULA MACULIFRONS (noun)
The noun VESPULA MACULIFRONS has 1 sense:
1. small yellow-marked social wasp commonly nesting in the ground
Familiarity information: VESPULA MACULIFRONS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small yellow-marked social wasp commonly nesting in the ground
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Vespula maculifrons; yellow hornet; yellow jacket
Hypernyms ("Vespula maculifrons" is a kind of...):
hornet (large stinging paper wasp)
Holonyms ("Vespula maculifrons" is a member of...):
genus Vespula; Vespula (sometimes considered a subgenus of Vespa: social wasps)
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