GENUS VESPULA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Vespula mean? 

• GENUS VESPULA (noun)
  The noun GENUS VESPULA has 1 sense:

1. sometimes considered a subgenus of Vespa: social wasps

  Familiarity information: GENUS VESPULA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS VESPULA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sometimes considered a subgenus of Vespa: social wasps

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Vespula; Vespula

Hypernyms ("genus Vespula" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Vespula"):

common wasp; Vespula vulgaris (a variety of vespid wasp)

Vespula maculifrons; yellow hornet; yellow jacket (small yellow-marked social wasp commonly nesting in the ground)

Holonyms ("genus Vespula" is a member of...):

family Vespidae; Vespidae (an arthropod family of the order Hymenoptera including: yellow jackets; hornets; mason wasps)