genus Vespula

Thesaurus

Noun

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genus Vespula - sometimes considered a subgenus of Vespa: social waspsVespulaarthropod genus - a genus of arthropodsfamily Vespidae, Vespidae - an arthropod family of the order Hymenoptera including: yellow jackets; hornets; mason waspscommon wasp, Vespula vulgaris - a variety of vespid waspVespula maculifrons, yellow hornet, yellow jacket - small yellow-marked social wasp commonly nesting in the ground