wasp
$ \mathrm{wasp}
|wäsp|
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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
insect
s.
Family
Vespidae
, superfamily
Vespoidea
, order
Hymenoptera
:
〘虫〙 ジガバチ, スズメバチ.
e.g.
several genera, in particular Vespula and Polistes.
2. a
solitary
winged
insect
with a
narrow
waist
, mostly distantly related to the
social
wasp
s and including many
parasitic
kind
s.
Several superfamilies in the sections
Aculeata
(
digger wasp
s,
mason wasp
s, and
potter wasp
s) and
Parasitica
(
parasitic wasp
s and
gall wasp
s), order
Hymenoptera
.
DERIVATIVES
wasplike
|-ˌlīk| adjective
ORIGIN
Old English
wæfs
,
wæps
,
wæsp
, of
West Germanic
origin, from an Indo-European root shared by
Latin
vespa
; perhaps related to
weave
1 (from the
weblike
form of its
nest
).
$ \mathrm{Wasp}
|wäsp| (also
WASP
)
noun
North American
an
upper-class
or
middle-class
American
white
Protestant
, considered to be a
member
of the
most
powerful
group
in
society
.
DERIVATIVES
Waspish
adjective
ORIGIN
1960s
: acronym from
white Anglo-Saxon Protestant
.