wasp



solitary wasp

A type of wasp that does not live in a social colony. My sister is an entomologist currently studying the behavior of solitary wasps.
See also: wasp

WASP

1. n. a white Anglo-Saxon protestant. (Usually derogatory. Acronym.) Would you call Pete a WASP?
2. mod. having to do with white Anglo-Saxon protestants; waspish. What a silly old WASP idea.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
KirsikkaKEER-seek-kahFinnish
Nausicaa-Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Jacobusyah-KO-bus (Dutch)Dutch, Late Roman
Zorica-Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian
UgnĖ-Lithuanian
Aulay-Scottish