Associations to the word «Vespa»

Wiktionary

VESPA, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Vespidae   — the hornets.

Dictionary definition

VESPA, noun. Type genus of the Vespidae: various hornets and yellow jackets.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats