genus polistes

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   a genus of Vespidae

   SynonymsPolistes

   Broaderarthropod genus

   Part ofVespidae

Questions about genus polistes

What does genus polistes mean?

genus polistes means "a genus of Vespidae".

What is another word for genus polistes?

Close synonyms include Polistes. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus polistes a common word?

genus polistes is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.