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ves⋅pine

[ves-pahyn, -pin]
–adjective
1. of or pertaining to wasps.
2. resembling a wasp.

Origin:
1835–45; < L vesp(a) wasp + -ine 1
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ves·pine   (věs'pīn')   
adj.  Of, relating to, or resembling a wasp.

[From Latin vespa, wasp.]
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