paper wasp

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   any of several social wasps that construct nests of a substance like paper

   Broadervespid

   NarrowerPolistes annularis

Questions about paper wasp

What does paper wasp mean?

paper wasp means "any of several social wasps that construct nests of a substance like paper".

Is paper wasp a common word?

paper wasp 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.