WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
pa′per wasp′, 
  1. Insectsany of several social wasps, as the yellow jacket or hornet, that construct a nest of a paperlike substance consisting of chewed plant material.
  • 1850–55, American.

'paper wasp' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
hornet

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