"yellowjacket" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: yellowjackets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} yellowjacket (plural yellowjackets)
  1. Alternative form of yellow jacket (“predatory wasp with alternating black and yellow stripes around the abdomen”). Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: yellow jacket (extra: predatory wasp with alternating black and yellow stripes around the abdomen) Derived forms: eastern yellowjacket (taxonomic: Vespula maculifrons)
    Sense id: en-yellowjacket-en-noun-XiCYzRNE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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