genus vespula

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   sometimes considered a subgenus of Vespa: social wasps

   SynonymsVespula

   Broaderarthropod genus

   Part ofVespidae

Questions about genus vespula

What does genus vespula mean?

genus vespula means "sometimes considered a subgenus of Vespa: social wasps".

What is another word for genus vespula?

Close synonyms include Vespula. 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 vespula a common word?

genus vespula 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.