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"Stinging insect"2 answers
wasp4 lettershornet6 letters
Filled answer is this word (WASP).
Definitions
social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting
Word origin
Inherited from Middle English wappes, waps, wasp, waspe, from Old English wæfs, wæps, wæsp, from Proto-West Germanic *wapsu, from Proto-Germanic *wapsō (“wasp”), from Proto-Indo-European *wóbʰseh₂ (“wasp”), from *webʰ- (“to braid, weave”), referring to the insect's woven nests.
Used in a sentence
“The show went through clothes to suit the lifestyle of a wealthy wasp, an American archetype that is now synonymous with the brand.”
“Bill got to college only by dint of support from a female relative and heiress (a useful WASP resource) and by scholarships, then a symbol of WASP entitlement.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Stinging insect”4 letters
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