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Definition of Common wasp
1. Noun. A variety of vespid wasp.
Generic synonyms: Vespid, Vespid Wasp
Group relationships: Genus Vespula, Vespula
Lexicographical Neighbors of Common Wasp
Literary usage of Common wasp
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Outline of Science: A Plain Story Simply Told by John Arthur Thomson (1922)
"FULL-FACE PORTRAIT OF THE common wasp The large compound eyes are well seen, and
above these are the feelers or antenna. Protruding underneath the front of ..."
2. The Natural History of Insects by James Rennie, John Obadiah Westwood (1833)
"THE common wasp. The Nest—Construction and Materials—Form of the ... The habits
of the common wasp will serve as an example of the rest of this species ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1890)
"They occur much moro rarely than the common wasp, and appear to be almost confined
to the southern half of England. Their nests resemble those described ..."
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