˜yÐÄvlog

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vespine

[ ves-pahyn, -pin ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to wasps.
  2. resembling a wasp.


vespine

/ ˈ±¹É›²õ±è²¹Éª²Ô /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or resembling a wasp or wasps
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of vespine1

First recorded in 1835–45; from Latin vesp(a) “wasp†+ -ine adjective suffix; wasp + -ine 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of vespine1

C19: from Latin vespa a wasp
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When the winter comes all the larvae are massacred, and the whole vespine city ends in a horrible tragedy.

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Let us return to Fabre's laboratory, to the covers of wire-gauze, and note what becomes, at the approach of winter, of the survivors of the vespine city.

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