any member of the paraphyletic group of the suborder Apocrita but excluding bees and ants, sometimes having a sting
etymology notes
Metathesis of English wasp. Interestingly, English wasp was itself a metathesis of Old English wæps, so the Singlish pronunciation is in a way truer to the original pronunciation of the animal’s name than in modern English. See also Whatapps.
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wasp (any member of the paraphyletic group consisting of the suborder Apocrita but excluding bees and ants, sometimes having a sting)