Definition of Polistes

1. Noun. A genus of Vespidae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Polistes
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Vespidae, Vespidae
Member holonyms: Polistes Annularis

Lexicographical Neighbors of Polistes

Polenske number
Poles
Polesia
Poleszuk
Polianthes
Polianthes tuberosa
Polioptila
Polis
Polish
Polish Sign Language
Polish monetary unit
Polish notation
Polish parliament
Polish space
Polishness
Polistes (current term)
Polistes annularis
Politzer
Politzer's luminous cone
Politzer bag
Politzer method
Polk
Pollachius
Pollachius pollachius
Pollack
Pollard
Pollock
Pollockian
Pollocks
Pollux

Literary usage of Polistes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Homes Without Hands: Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals by John George Wood (1866)
"... of the nest and method of attachment—Variety of Polistes nest—Polistes aterrimus and its singular nest—Beautiful structure of an unknown Polistes. ..."

2. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1868)
"This assertion is in complete contradiction to the phenomenon which may be observed in Polistes gallica with regard to the production of the sexes. ..."

3. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1908)
"The honey of Polistes, on the contrary, turns it to the right, ... Bertrand infers from this fact that Polistes either does not, like the bees, ..."

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