wasp in English

noun

1

a social winged insect that has a narrow waist and a sting. It constructs a paper nest from wood pulp and raises the larvae on a diet of insects.

Another hazard that sometimes faced the picker was disturbing a nest of wasps or some other stinging creatures.

2

a solitary winged insect with a narrow waist, mostly distantly related to the social wasps and including many parasitic kinds.

In the garden dill attracts beneficial insects, including bees, parasitic wasps and tachinid flies.

noun

1

an upper- or middle-class American white Protestant, considered to be a member of the most powerful group in society.

But the criticism of WASPs as a group, says Brookhiser, is only a symptom of a deeper ill.

Use "wasp" in a sentence

1. I'm a WASP.

2. "Avispa" means "wasp" in Spanish.

3. They called her the Wasp.

4. Rub ointment onto the wasp sting.

5. English: The wasp beetle, Clytus Arietis, is a wasp-mimicking longhorn beetle species in the genus Clytus.

6. USS Wasp delivers 47 Spitfire Mk.

7. He was stung by a wasp.

8. A wasp flew in the open window.

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10. Wasp then returned to her home port.

11. They mimic a paper wasp (Polistes species).

12. She took a swat at the wasp.

13. Wasp repellent, canned peaches, a fireproof canoe.

14. TC10 also Antagonises NGF-induced N-WASP activation

15. Little globular houses like mud - wasp nests.

16. Her face was covered in wasp stings.

17. I got stung by a wasp yesterday.

18. 11 A wasp flew in the open window.

19. Name Language; Bedeguar gall wasp: English (GB) mossy rose gall wasp: English: robin's pincushion: English (GB) gemeine Rosengallwespe: German: cynipe du rosier

20. This insect mimics the appearance of a wasp.

21. A wasp had flown in through the window.

22. A number of wasp species build paper nests.

23. At 1452, O’Brien sighted smoke coming from Wasp.

24. The wasp has an unusual behavior towards cockroaches.

25. And here comes the salvation, through this parasitic wasp.

26. Aivers Waiver for Additional Services and Populations (WASP) 1115

27. The dog went berserk when a wasp stung him.

28. The Bald faced hornet is a north american wasp.

29. I was stung on the arm by a wasp.

30. Thus, Wasp and her escorting warships missed the upcoming battle.

31. Her egg will therefore grow into a small, stunted wasp.

32. She lifted her foot and squashed the wasp into the ground.

33. A wasp came towards us and Howard started flailing his arms around.

34. The Blotchier the face, the better the wasp University of Arizona

35. Wasp grub and maggot for chub on Chapmans and at Goldsborough.

36. At that moment, a wasp flew in through the open window.

37. Cicada killer wasps exist, They’re basically a wasp that feeds on Cicadas

38. Wasp bent on full speed and recovered the plane at 07:43.

39. This is seen in the wasp species Polistes biglumis and Polistes humilis.

40. The most incredible to me was the Silk Button Spangle Gall Wasp.

41. Two each contained one single large, round, pill-shaped ichneumon wasp pupa.

42. WASP-17 likely had a close encounter with a larger planet, and the gravitational interaction acted like a slingshot to put WASP-17 on its odd course, the astronomers figure.

43. Wasp bodies are usually smoother, whereas Bees tend to be more hairy

44. A wasp nest Cozened up in the corner of the far ceiling

45. She had a puncture wound in her arm, from a wasp sting.

46. This wasp behaviour evidences the most fundamental characteristic of animal sociality: parental investment.

47. You want to shake him off like a wasp on a sunny day.

48. A shot of adrenalin was given as an antidote to the wasp sting.

49. It is omnivorous and it is the prey of the wasp Palmodes praestans.

50. There is a certain wasp, for example, of which the female is flightless.