Usually means: Stinging insect, constructs paper nests.
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  1. paper wasp: Merriam-Webster
  2. paper wasp: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. paper wasp: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. paper wasp: Vocabulary.com
  5. paper wasp: Wordnik
  6. paper wasp: Wiktionary
  7. paper wasp: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Paper wasp, paper wasp: Dictionary.com
  9. Paper wasp: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. paper wasp: Rhymezone
  11. paper wasp: FreeDictionary.org
  12. paper wasp: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. paper wasp: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. paper wasp: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (paper wasp)

▸ noun:  Any wasp in the vespid subfamily Polistinae, known for making paper-like nests out of fibers from dead wood and plant stems.

Similar:
ringed paper wasp, polistine, pollen wasp, umbrella wasp, wasp, woodwasp, potter wasp, vespiary, wood wasp, vespid, more...

Opposite:
hornet, yellow jacket, mud dauber

Phrases:
European paper wasp, more...

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Similar:
ringed paper wasp, polistine, pollen wasp, umbrella wasp, wasp, woodwasp, potter wasp, vespiary, wood wasp, vespid, more...

Opposite:
hornet, yellow jacket, mud dauber

Phrases:
European paper wasp, more...



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