- wasp
- noun1》 a social insect with a narrow-waisted, typically black and yellow striped body, which carries a sting and builds elaborate nests from wood pulp. [Vespula, Polistes, and other genera.]2》 a hymenopterous insect of a large group resembling the social wasps in appearance and either solitary or parasitic in habits.OriginOE wæfs, wæps, wæsp, of W. Gmc origin; perh. related to weave1 (from the web-like form of its nest).
English new terms dictionary. 2014.