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Wasp

Any one of numerous species of stinging hymenopterous insects, esp. any of the numerous species of the genus Vespa, which includes the true, or social, wasps, some of which are called yellow jackets.

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Caucasian 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the Caucasus, a mountainous region between the Black and Caspian seas.

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Hymenopter 76% connected

One of the Hymenoptera.

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Hymenopteran 76% connected

One of the Hymenoptera.

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Protestant 76% connected

One who protests; -- originally applied to those who adhered to Luther, and protested against, or made a solemn declaration of dissent from, a decree…

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White 76% connected

Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or their mixtures; having the color of pure sno…

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Gallfly 76% connected

An insect that deposits its eggs in plants, and occasions galls, esp. any small hymenopteran of the genus Cynips and allied genera. See Illust. of Ga…

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Actinozoan noun · 86% connection

sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed

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Anapsid noun · 86% connection

primitive reptile having no opening in the temporal region of the skull; all extinct except turtles

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Anapsid reptile noun · 86% connection

primitive reptile having no opening in the temporal region of the skull; all extinct except turtles

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Arachnid noun · 86% connection

air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs

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Arachnoid noun · 86% connection

air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs

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Arthropod noun · 86% connection

invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin

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Asian horseshoe crab noun · 86% connection

horseshoe crab of the coast of eastern Asia

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Centipede noun · 86% connection

chiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs, the foremost pair being…

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Class Merostomata noun · 86% connection

used in some classifications; includes the orders Xiphosura and Eurypterida

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Cnidarian noun · 86% connection

radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp a…

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Coelenterate noun · 86% connection

radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp a…

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Diapsid noun · 86% connection

reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye

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Diapsid reptile noun · 86% connection

reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye

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Diapsida noun · 86% connection

used in former classifications to include all living reptiles except turtles; superseded by the two subclasses Lepidosauria and Archos…

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Eurypterid noun · 86% connection

large extinct scorpion-like arthropod considered related to horseshoe crabs

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Eutherian noun · 86% connection

mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials

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Eutherian mammal noun · 86% connection

mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials

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False scorpion noun · 86% connection

small nonvenomous arachnid resembling a tailless scorpion

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Analogue noun · 78% connection

A species or genus in one country closely related to a species of the same genus, or a genus of the same group, in another: such speci…

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Bee noun · 78% connection

any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species

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Caprification noun · 78% connection

The practice of hanging, upon the cultivated fig tree, branches of the wild fig infested with minute hymenopterous insects.

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Caterpillar noun · 78% connection

The larval state of a butterfly or any lepidopterous insect; sometimes, but less commonly, the larval state of other insects, as the s…

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Chalcid fly unknown · 78% connection

One of a numerous family of hymenopterous insects (Chalcididae. Many are gallflies, others are parasitic on insects.

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Cicada noun · 78% connection

Any species of the genus Cicada. They are large hemipterous insects, with nearly transparent wings. The male makes a shrill sound by p…

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Cnidaria n. pl. · 78% connection

A comprehensive group equivalent to the true Coelenterata, i. e., exclusive of the sponges. They are so named from presence of stingin…

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Entomophaga n. pl. · 78% connection

One of a group of hymenopterous insects whose larvae feed parasitically upon living insects. See Ichneumon, 2.

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Formica noun · 78% connection

A Linnaean genus of hymenopterous insects, including the common ants. See Ant.

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Fossores n. pl. · 78% connection

A group of hymenopterous insects including the sand wasps. They excavate cells in earth, where they deposit their eggs, with the bodie…

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Grasshopper noun · 78% connection

Any jumping, orthopterous insect, of the families Acrididae and Locustidae. The species and genera are very numerous. The former famil…

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Hawk noun · 78% connection

One of numerous species and genera of rapacious birds of the family Falconidae. They differ from the true falcons in lacking the promi…

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