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vespiary (VES-pee-er-ee) noun

A nest or colony of wasps.

[Blend of Latin vespa (wasp) and apiary (a place where bees are kept).]

Italian scooter company Piaggio named their first product Vespa because
they felt it looked and perhaps sounded like a wasp.


Or is there a Latin word for yellowjackets? A yellowjacketiary?

I really do need to get that exterminator out before spring.

Date: 2006-11-12 11:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jillbertini.livejournal.com
Oh noo! Too bad your attic isn't a parking lot for Vespa scooters instead. :'(

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