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31paper wasp — /ˈpeɪpə wɒsp/ (say paypuh wosp) noun 1. any of various wasps, large and small, which construct nests made up of individual cells with papery walls. 2. a small twisted piece of paper flicked with an elastic band as a missile against another person …
32sea wasp — /ˈsi wɒsp / (say see wosp) noun any of certain box jellyfishes that have a highly venomous sting, as Chironex fleckeri of tropical Australian waters. Also, sea stinger …
33Sirex wasp — /ˌsaɪrəks ˈwɒsp/ (say .suyruhks wosp) noun a wood wasp, Sirex noctilio, accidentally imported into Australia and once a threat to the softwood industry but now largely controlled by a parasitic nematode introduced by the CSIRO …
34WASP — /wɒsp / (say wosp) noun 1. a member of the establishment conceived as being white, Anglo Saxon and Protestant. –adjective 2. of or relating to this establishment. {W(hite) A(nglo )S(axon) P(rotestant)} …
35wasp — /wɒsp / (say wosp) noun 1. any of numerous hymenopterous, stinging insects, included for the most part in two superfamilies, Sphecoidea and Vespoidea. Their habits vary from a solitary life to colonial organisation. 2. a waspish person. {Middle… …
36wasp waist — /ˈwɒsp weɪst/ (say wosp wayst) noun a slender, or tightly laced, waist. –wasp waisted, adjective …
37WASP — ☆ WASP or Wasp [wäsp, wôsp ] n. [W(hite) A(nglo )S(axon) P(rotestant)] a person who belongs to or is thought of as being part of a white, upper middle class, northern European, Protestant group that dominates economic, political, and cultural… …
38wasp — [wäsp, wôsp] n. [ME waspe < OE wæsp, akin to Ger wespe < Gmc base * waps < IE * wobhsā < base * webh , to WEAVE (in reference to the cocoonlike nest)] any of various families of winged hymenopteran insects, characterized by a slender… …
39gal|li|wasp — «GAL ee wosp, wsp», noun. 1. a harmless lizard of Central America and the West Indies, that resembles a small alligator, and is usually about a foot long. 2. a fish of the Atlantic Coast of North America, with a lizardlike head. ╂[origin… …
40wasp-waist|ed — «WOSP WAYS tihd, WSP », adjective. having a very slender waist …
