noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a wasps'/hornets' nest
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a wasps' nest in the attic
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Adult wasps must have escaped out the trapdoor at the top of the cocoon where the strap attaches.
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Gravid female fig wasps enter figs, lay eggs and die.
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It looks like a slightly small-sized cross between a bee and a wasp , but with a longer drooping tail.
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The chapter on wasps describes a recent renewal of interest following theoretical work.
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The other three cocoons also had been parasitized by a wasp that must have laid her eggs into the caterpillar.
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Through it all the words dance like butterflies and dart like wasps.