Euro-wasp

A form of Euro wasp — A median wasp (Dolichovespula media), an aggressive European wasp, which spread from the continent to Britain in 1980s.

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Meanings

nounEuro-wasp (plural Euro-wasps)

plural Euro-wasps

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of Euro wasp.

    Gardeners and parents are being warned about giant "Euro-wasps" colonising parts of Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk.

    2005 July 29, “Giant 'Euro-wasp' plague warning”, in BBC News (online)
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    Eighteen years after its first recorded appearance, the dolichovespula media - or Euro-wasp - has reached record numbers in Britain after many survived the mild winter, and then prospered in the humid summer that has followed.

    1998 July 22, “Euro-wasps make beeline for Britain”, in BBC News (online)
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APA

Euro-wasp. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Euro-wasp

MLA

“Euro-wasp.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Euro-wasp. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Euro-wasp,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Euro-wasp.

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