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vespiary

vespiary noun: a nest built by a social wasp species.

Noun

vespiary (plural vespiaries)

  1. A nest built by a social wasp species.
  2. A colony of wasps living in such a nest.

vespiary meaning in Tamil and Urdu

vespiary in Tamil

குளவிக் கூடு

vespiary in Urdu

بھڑ کا چھتہ, بستی, زنبور خانہ

Forms of vespiary

pluralvespiaries

Origin of vespiary

From Latin vespa (“wasp”), formed in imitation of apiary (a similar structure for bees).

Questions about vespiary

What does vespiary mean?
Vespiary means a nest built by a social wasp species.
What is vespiary in Tamil?
Vespiary in Tamil is குளவிக் கூடு. See Vespiary meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is vespiary?
Vespiary is a noun.
What is the plural of vespiary?
The plural of vespiary is vespiaries.

Words near vespiary in the dictionary

  1. vespertinal
  2. vespertine
  3. vespery
  4. vespetro
  5. vespiaries
  6. vespiary
  7. vespid
  8. vespidous
  9. vespids
  10. vespiform
  11. vespillo

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Adapted from Wiktionary: vespiary (page history and authors); vespiary (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vespiary (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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