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Pronunciation: [wˈɒsp] (IPA)

Wasp is a common insect that is often mistaken for a bee. However, there are many synonyms for this creature that can be used to describe it. Some of the common synonyms for wasp include hornet, yellow jacket, and paper wasp. These insects are known for their distinctive black and yellow stripes, and their painful stings. Other less common synonyms for wasp include mud wasp, spider wasp, and velvet ant. Regardless of the synonym used to describe them, wasps are an important part of the ecosystem and play a crucial role in pollination. However, they can also be a nuisance and dangerous to those with allergies to their stings.
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    • Noun, singular or mass
      bee.

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Usage examples for Wasp

Being a sort of man-at-arms-a kind of wasp amongst the human insects-I always carry my sting.
"One Maid's Mischief"
George Manville Fenn
He looked round to see that no one was watching, then he made a dart forward; but no sooner had he picked it up than a wasp flew out and stung his hand so sharply he let it fall, and went back yelling into the house.
"Lady Daisy and Other Stories"
Caroline Stewart
A wasp was humming dangerously about Paul's head, and although his love of all things that had life was as strong as Flamby's, the self-protective instinct had led him to endeavour to knock the wasp away.
"The Orchard of Tears"
Sax Rohmer

Famous quotes with Wasp

  • Scandal is an importunate wasp, against which we must make no movement unless we are quite sure that we can kill it; otherwise it will return to the attack more furious than ever.
    Nicolas de Chamfort
  • The serpent, the king, the tiger, the stinging wasp, the small child, the dog owned by other people, and the fool: these seven ought not to be awakened from sleep.
    Chanakya
  • Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest.
    Pope Paul VI
  • At what point is a wasp ever going to have a chat with a spider?
    Karl Pilkington
  • The wasp waits. The edge cannot eat the center. The grape listens. The path tells little to the serpent. An eye comes out of the wave. The journey from flesh is longest. A rose sways least. The redeemer comes a dark way.
    Theodore Roethke

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