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waspling

waspling noun: a small, young, or baby wasp.

Noun

waspling (plural wasplings)

  1. A small, young, or baby wasp.
    • It seemed that the reverse would be the ideal arrangement since the little waspling would upon hatching find food immediately at hand and thus be secured from any chance of starving while in a weak and helpless state.1922, Annals of the Entomological Society of America, volumes 15-16, page 240
    • Now safely sealed within a cell, she fed on both the defenceless spiders and the developing waspling.2007, Jennifer Scoullar, Wasp Season

Forms of waspling

pluralwasplings

Origin of waspling

From wasp + -ling.

Questions about waspling

What does waspling mean?
Waspling means a small, young, or baby wasp.
What part of speech is waspling?
Waspling is a noun.
What is the plural of waspling?
The plural of waspling is wasplings.

Words near waspling in the dictionary

  1. waspishness
  2. WASPization
  3. WASPize
  4. waspless
  5. wasplike
  6. waspling
  7. wasplings
  8. waspnest
  9. wasps
  10. wasps around
  11. Wasps Nest

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