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A '''wasp''' is a winged hive [[insect]] native to [[Earth]] wasps are numerous social or solitary insects, chiefly of the superfamilies ''Vespoidea'' and ''Sphecoidea'', having a slender body with a constricted abdomen, two pairs of membranous wings, mouths adapted for biting or sucking, and in the females an ovipositor often modified as a sting.
 
A '''wasp''' is a winged hive [[insect]] native to [[Earth]] wasps are numerous social or solitary insects, chiefly of the superfamilies ''Vespoidea'' and ''Sphecoidea'', having a slender body with a constricted abdomen, two pairs of membranous wings, mouths adapted for biting or sucking, and in the females an ovipositor often modified as a sting.
   
[[Doctor]] [[Leonard McCoy]] compared the sting of the [[neural parasite]] encountered on [[Deneva]] to the sting caused by a [[bee]] or a wasp, which also leave their stinger in the wound. ([[TOS]]: "[[Operation -- Annihilate!]]")
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[[Doctor]] [[Leonard McCoy]] compared the sting of the [[Neural parasite (23rd century)|neural parasite]] encountered on [[Deneva]] to the sting caused by a [[bee]] or a wasp, which also leave their stinger in the wound. ([[TOS]]: "[[Operation -- Annihilate!]]")
   
 
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Revision as of 23:55, 7 January 2007

A wasp is a winged hive insect native to Earth wasps are numerous social or solitary insects, chiefly of the superfamilies Vespoidea and Sphecoidea, having a slender body with a constricted abdomen, two pairs of membranous wings, mouths adapted for biting or sucking, and in the females an ovipositor often modified as a sting.

Doctor Leonard McCoy compared the sting of the neural parasite encountered on Deneva to the sting caused by a bee or a wasp, which also leave their stinger in the wound. (TOS: "Operation -- Annihilate!")

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