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Meanings of wasp in English

Portuguese
wasp
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Anti-submarine helicopter family by Westland Helicopters.

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wasp
Russian
pratt & whitney wasp
Portuguese
pratt & whitney wasp
Spanish
serie wasp de pratt & whitney
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Aircraft engine brand.

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pratt & whitney wasp
Russian
осы
Portuguese
vespa
Spanish
avispa
Catalan
vespa
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A wasp is any insect of the narrow-waisted suborder Apocrita of the order Hymenoptera which is neither a bee nor an ant; this excludes the broad-waisted sawflies (Symphyta), which look somewhat like wasps but are in a separate suborder.

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Spanish
wasp

Ultralight aircraft by Australian Aircraft Kits.

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wasp
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Examples for "apocrita"
Examples for "apocrita"
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However, Apocrita and Orussidae differ dramatically in their species richness, indicating that the diversification of Apocrita was promoted by additional traits.
Pubmed
Usage of wasp in English
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Researchers believe a recently-discovered mite may help end the country's wasp problem.
Radio NZ
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Various options for combat wasp salvo attack formations skipped through her mind.
The Neutronium Alchemist
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The combs were arranged precisely similar to those of the common wasp.
Our Common Insects / A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fie...
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The wasp is something like the fly in shape, only much larger.
Chambers's Elementary Science Readers / Book I
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Even the fate of the poor wasp scarcely interested Judy at present.
A Young Mutineer
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The wasp will become their moral ideal, whose virtues they must copy.
Health and Education
7
Mosquitoes and flies are everywhere, and the wasp and wild bee also.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
8
A wasp is a very pretty insect, black and yellow in colour.
Chambers's Elementary Science Readers / Book I
9
It's as alien as a parasitic wasp seen under an electron microscope.
The Rhesus Chart
10
The adults are wasp-like insects about a half-inch long and very active.
One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered
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To begin with, Payt had the organizational skills of a mud wasp.
Mom over miami
12
It followed some tufas up to a large wasp's nest and then-blank
Rock and Ice Magazine
13
Well, this is very queer, but not so dreadful as the wasp.
The Louisa Alcott Reader: a Supplementary Reader for the Fourth ...
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Jenny screamed as the wasp streaked toward them, but she didn't run.
Phantoms
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Astonishing nonsense is often spoken of the sand wasp's knowledge of anatomy.
Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2
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The sword pierced easily, as if he had struck a wasp's nest.
Worldwinder
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Translations for wasp
Catalan
vespawasp
Wasp through the time
Wasp across language varieties
New Zealand
Common
United Kingdom
Less common
United States of America
Less common