FIG WASP

Meaning of FIG WASP in English

a chalcid wasp, Blastophaga psenes, introduced into the U.S. from Europe, that pollinates figs, usually of the Smyrna variety.

[ 1880-85 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

FIG WASP — noun Date: 1883 a minute wasp ( Blastophaga psenes of the family Agaontidae) that breeds in the caprifig and is …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FIG WASP — noun : a minute insect ( Blastophaga psenes ) of the family Agaontidae that breeds in the caprifig and is …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FIG WASP — Date: 1883 : a minute wasp ( Blastophaga psenes of the family Agaontidae) that breeds in the caprifig and is …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FIG WASP — Function: noun Date: 1883 : a minute wasp ( Blastophaga psenes of the family Agaontidae) that breeds in the caprifig …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
FIG WASP — [fig wasp] n (1883): a minute wasp (Blastophaga psenes of the family Agaontidae) that breeds in the caprifig and is …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FIG WASP — ( familyAgaonidae ) also called fig insect any of about 900 species of tiny wasps responsible for pollinating the world's …
Britannica English vocabulary
FIG WASP — 1) бластофага, наездник инжирный (Blastophaga psenes) 2) pl агаониды (Agaonidae)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
FIG WASP — 1) бластофага, наездник инжирный ( Blastophaga psenes ) 2) pl агаониды ( Agaonidae )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
WASP — or Wasp noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: white Anglo-Saxon Protestant Date: 1957 an American of Northern European and especially British …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FIG — Any plant of the genus Ficus , in the mulberry family , especially Ficus carica , the common fig. Yielding …
Английский словарь Британика
WASP — I. ˈwäsp, ˈwȯsp noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English waspe, from Old English wæps, wæfs, wæsp; akin to Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
WASP — /wosp/ , Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive. n. 1. a white Anglo-Saxon Protestant. 2. a member of the privileged, established white …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FIG — fig 1 /fig/ , n. 1. any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Ficus, of the mulberry family, esp. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WASP — see WASP
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FIG — I. ˈfig noun Etymology: Middle English fige, from Anglo-French, from Old Occitan figa, from Vulgar Latin * fica, from Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WASP — or Wasp ˈwäsp, ˈwȯsp Usage: often attributive Etymology: w hite A nglo- S axon P rotestant Date: 1957 sometimes disparaging …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WASP — noun Etymology: Middle English waspe, from Old English wæps, wæsp; akin to Old High German wafsa wasp, Latin vespa wasp …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FIG — noun figure; dress; array. 2. fig ·noun a small piece of tobacco. 3. fig ·noun to put into the head …
Webster English vocab
WASP — (also WASP ) ■ noun N. Amer. an upper- or middle-class North American white Protestant, regarded as a member of …
Concise Oxford English vocab
WASP — [wasp] n [ME waspe, fr. OE waeps, waesp; akin to OHG wafsa wasp, L vespa wasp] (bef. 12c) 1: any …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WASP — any stinging member (formerly called Aculeata) of the insect suborder Apocrita (order Hymenoptera), other than bees and ants, as well …
Britannica English vocabulary
FIG — plant of the genus Ficus, of the mulberry family (Moraceae), especially Ficus carica, the common fig. Ficus carica, which yields …
Britannica English vocabulary
WASP — wasp, WASP, Wasp BrE AmE wɒsp AmE wɑːsp ▷ wasps, WASPs, Wasps wɒsps AmE wɑːsps
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FIG — fig BrE AmE fɪɡ ▷ figged fɪɡd ▷ figging ˈfɪɡ ɪŋ ▷ figs fɪɡz ▶ ˈ fig leaf BrE AmE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WASP — / wɒsp; NAmE wɑːsp; wɔːsp/ noun a black and yellow flying insect that can sting : a wasp sting a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WASP — ➡ Wasp
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WASP — (also WASP ) / wɒsp; NAmE wɑːsp; wɔːsp/ noun ( especially NAmE , usually disapproving ) the abbreviation for 'White …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIG — / fɪg; NAmE / noun a soft sweet fruit that is full of small seeds and often eaten dried : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WASP — WASP /wɒsp $ wɑːsp, wɒːsp/ BrE AmE noun [countable] American English (White Anglo-Saxon Protestant) an American whose family was originally …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WASP — wasp /wɒsp $ wɑːsp, wɒːsp/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: wæps , wæsp ] a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FIG — fig /fɪɡ/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: figue , from Latin ficus …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WASP — n. 1 a stinging often flesh-eating insect of the order Hymenoptera, esp. the common social wasp Vespa vulgaris, with black …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FIG — n. & v. --n. 1 dress or equipment (in full fig). 2 condition or form (in good fig). --v.tr. (figged, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FIG — n. 1 a a soft pear-shaped fruit with many seeds, eaten fresh or dried. b (in full fig-tree) any deciduous …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WASP — n. 1 a stinging often flesh-eating insect of the order Hymenoptera, esp. the common social wasp Vespa vulgaris, with black …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FIG — n. & v. n. 1 dress or equipment (in full fig). 2 condition or form (in good fig). v.tr. (figged, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FIG — n. 1 a a soft pear-shaped fruit with many seeds, eaten fresh or dried. b (in full fig-tree) any deciduous …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WASP — n.1 a stinging often flesh-eating insect of the order Hymenoptera, esp. the common social wasp Vespa vulgaris, with black and …
Oxford English vocab
FIG — 1. n.1 a a soft pear-shaped fruit with many seeds, eaten fresh or dried. b (in full fig-tree) any deciduous …
Oxford English vocab
WASP — ( WASPs) WASP is used to refer to the people in American society whose ancestors came from northern Europe, especially …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIG. — 1. In books and magazines, fig. is used as an abbreviation for figure in order to tell the reader which …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIG — ( figs) 1. A fig is a soft sweet fruit that grows in hot countries. It is full of tiny …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WASP — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ He had long sympathized with liberal causes and felt uncomfortable at the privileges his WASP …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WASP — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a wasps'/hornets' nest ▪ a wasps' nest in the attic EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Adult …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FIG — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES fig leaf COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN leaf ▪ In other words it is Picasso …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WASP — (INSECT) [noun] [C] - a black and yellow flying insect which can sting youKeep still - there's a wasp near …
Cambridge English vocab
WASP — (PERSON), Wasp [noun] [C] [esp. US] [disapproving] - White Anglo-Saxon Protestant (= a white American whose family originally came from …
Cambridge English vocab
WASP — noun WASP + VERB ▪ crawl , fly ▪ sting sb ▪ buzz WASP + NOUN ▪ sting ▪ nest …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
WASP — White Anglo-Saxon Protestant Don's a WASP and I'm a WASP, but we have different beliefs.
English Idioms vocab
WASP — White Anglo-Saxon Protestant Don's a WASP and I'm a WASP, but we have different beliefs.
English Idioms vocabulary
FIG — I сущ. 1) фиговое дерево; смоковница (тж. fig-tree) 2) фига; винная ягода, инжир 3) разг. нечто мелкое, незначительное; пустяк, ничтожество …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WASP — wasp.ogg wɒsp n зоол. оса ( Vespoidae ) wasp s' nest, nest of wasps - осиное гнездо, скопище врагов
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FIG — fig.ogg _I fıg n 1. винная ягода, инжир, фига green figs - свежий инжир pulled figs - прессованный инжир; винные …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FIG — fig I сущ.1) фиговое дерево; смоковница (тж. fig-tree) 2) фига; винная ягода, инжир 3) разг. нечто мелкое, незначительное; пустяк, ничтожество …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
WASP — I wasp сокр. от White Anglo-Saxon Protestant"белая кость" ("истинный американец", "американская аристократия"; американцы англо-саксонского происхождения и протестантского вероисповедания считали себя …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
FIG — I [fıg] n 1. винная ягода, инжир, фига green ~s - свежий инжир pulled ~s - прессованный инжир; винные ягоды …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
FIG — _I fıg n 1. винная ягода, инжир, фига green figs - свежий инжир pulled figs - прессованный инжир; винные ягоды …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
FIG — I сущ. 1) = fig-tree фиговое дерево; смоковница 2) фига; винная ягода, инжир 3) разг. ; = dried fig, a …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
WASP — I wasp.wav сокр. от White Anglo-Saxon Protestant "белая кость" ("истинный американец", "американская аристократия"; американцы англо-саксонского происхождения и протестантского вероисповедания считали себя и …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
FIG — I сущ. 1) - fig-treeфиговое дерево; смоковница 2) фига; винная ягода, инжир 3) разг.; - dried fig, a fig's end нечто мелкое, незначительное; …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
WASP — 1) оса (Vespa); pl настоящие осы (Vespidae), pl складчатокрылые осы (Vespidae) 2) pl роющие осы (Sphecidae) • - agaontid wasps - aphid wasps - bedeguar …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
FIG — фикус (Ficus); фиговое дерево, инжир (Ficus carica) - climbing fig - cluster fig - dye fig - Florida strangler fig - Indian fig - India-rubber fig - …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
WASP — 1) оса ( Vespa ) ; pl настоящие осы ( Vespidae ) , pl складчатокрылые осы ( Vespidae ) 2) …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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