Vespine

//ˈvɛspaɪn// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any wasp of the subfamily Vespinae.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, relating to, or characteristic of wasps.

    "Ori braced himself, dropped with a cry when a ghost image of the wasp returned in air again momentarily varicose, and went, and came back once more, now nothing but a vespine insinuation, and was, finally, all gone."

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"Ori braced himself, dropped with a cry when a ghost image of the wasp returned in air again momentarily varicose, and went, and came back once more, now nothing but a vespine insinuation, and was, finally, all gone."

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