Definitions

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  • noun A predatory wasp with alternating black and yellow stripes around the abdomen, usually of the genera Vespula or Dolichovespula.

Etymologies

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yellow +‎ jacket

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Examples

  • Thankfully I may be missing a whole variety of critters -- it's enough that I had the flying roach land on my bare knee, the large spider in my pants (if it any wonder I prefer being naked, flying roaches aside?), the yellowjacket that committed suicide in the ceiling light fixture despite said fixture now being fitted with fluorescent curly bulbs, and the like.

    They will not die, no matter what 2008

  • This caught my eye in a charity shop £3 because the gold cover wrap, and the name of Asimov, made me think it was an old Gollancz yellowjacket; but, though I immediately realised my mistake I bought it anyway.

    Ellery Queen's Crookbook (1974) Adam Roberts 2010

  • This caught my eye in a charity shop £3 because the gold cover wrap, and the name of Asimov, made me think it was an old Gollancz yellowjacket; but, though I immediately realised my mistake I bought it anyway.

    Archive 2010-02-01 Adam Roberts 2010

  • Archilochus colubris – ruby-throated hummingbird killing yellowjacket Vespula squamosa.

    The Panda's Thumb: August 2009 Archives 2009

  • Archilochus colubris by Darren Garrison — ruby-throated hummingbird killing yellowjacket Vespula squamosa.

    Photo Contest Vote: Animal - The Panda's Thumb 2009

  • Hummingbird is territorial and attacks yellowjacket invading bird feeder.

    Photo Contest Vote: Animal - The Panda's Thumb 2009

  • Hummingbird is territorial and attacks yellowjacket invading bird feeder.

    The Panda's Thumb: August 2009 Archives 2009

  • The link to the picture includes comparison photographs of the European paper wasp and the western yellowjacket; up close, they look only vaguely similar.

    Polistes dominula - The Panda's Thumb 2009

  • Hummingbird is territorial and attacks yellowjacket invading bird feeder.

    Archilochus colubris - The Panda's Thumb 2009

  • Archilochus colubris – ruby-throated hummingbird killing yellowjacket Vespula squamosa.

    Archilochus colubris - The Panda's Thumb 2009

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