vespula

English Thesaurus

1. sometimes considered a subgenus of Vespa: social wasps (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	arthropod genus,
definition	:	a genus of arthropods (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	common wasp, vespula vulgaris,
definition	:	a variety of vespid wasp (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	vespula maculifrons, yellow hornet, yellow jacket,
definition	:	small yellow-marked social wasp commonly nesting in the ground (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family vespidae, vespidae,
definition	:	an arthropod family of the order Hymenoptera including: yellow jackets; hornets; mason wasps (noun.animal)