POLISTES

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A genus of Vespidae

Synonyms:

genus Polistes; Polistes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Polistes" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Polistes"):

Polistes annularis (a variety of paper wasp)

Holonyms ("Polistes" is a member of...):

family Vespidae; Vespidae (an arthropod family of the order Hymenoptera including: yellow jackets; hornets; mason wasps)