Euro wasp

See also: Euro-wasp

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A Euro wasp

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Euro wasp (plural Euro wasps)

  1. (British) A median wasp (Dolichovespula media), an aggressive European wasp, which spread from the continent to Britain in 1980s.
    • 2001 May 26, Stewart Payne, “Alarm over invasion of the Euro wasps”, in Telegraph (online):
      The debate over greater European integration took an unexpected twist yesterday with the arrival of Euro wasp in Britain.

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