wasp

[US]/wɒsp/
[UK]/wɑsp/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a stinging insect with a slender body and a narrow waist, known for its aggressive behavior; a person who is easily angered or who has a sharp tongue.

Phrases & Collocations

a wasp nest

wasp sting

yellow jacket wasp

paper wasp

Example Sentences

a wasp or bee sting.

solitary wasps; solitary sparrows.

Rub ointment onto the wasp sting.

This is a scan I did of a dead wasp/hoverfly using an Scitex Eversmart scanner.

There’s a wasps’ nest in that old tree.

cynipid gall wasps, esp. causing oak-apple galls.

The dog went berserk when a wasp stung him.

On the basis of human body engineering principle, GLEDE and WASP users would find their convenience.

hymenopterous insect that resembles a wasp and whose larvae are parasitic on caterpillars and other insect larvae.

struck the wasp from his shoulder; struck off the diseased branch with a machete.

The results indicated that both the two species of wasps could parasitize all nymphal stages of B. tabaci.

The mines of Hymenoptera wasps have more and darker frass than the mines of dipetrous flies.

A wasp having severely stung a horse, the latter kicked and pranced about, with an intention of destroying its tormentor .

Karyotaxonomy of parasitic wasps will probably develop in the future through further data accumulation and increasing use of chromosome banding methods.

Members of this subgenus are pollinated by fig wasps belonging to the genera Dolichorus and Tetrapus.

There are 3 other types, the caprifig which has male and female flowers requiring visits by a tiny wasp, Blastophaga grossorum;

The ichneumon wasp paralyses its prey without killing it and lays its larva inside this convenient source of fresh meat, to eat it slowly alive.

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