waspling

A small, young, or baby wasp.

Noun

  1. A small, young, or baby wasp.
    • It seemed that the reverse would be the ideal arrangement since the little waspling would upon hatching find food immediately at hand and thus be secured from any chance of starving while in a weak and helpless state. -...
    • Now safely sealed within a cell, she fed on both the defenceless spiders and the developing waspling. - 2007, Jennifer Scoullar, Wasp Season:

Origin

From wasp + -ling.

Forms

wasplings