"Wasp" meaning in English

See Wasp in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: Wasps [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Wasp (plural Wasps)
  1. Alternative letter-case form of WASP Tags: alt-of Alternative form of: WASP
    Sense id: en-Wasp-en-noun-ZiLGoYtJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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