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1. (n.) yellow jacket
any of several paper wasps of the family Vespidae, having black and bright yellow bands.
2. yellow jacket
Slang. a yellow capsule of phenobarbital.
Etymology: (1790–1800, Amer.)
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1. (noun) pentobarbital sodium, pentobarbital, Nembutal, yellow jacket
a barbiturate (trade name Nembutal) used as a sedative and hypnotic and antispasmodic
2. (noun) yellow jacket, yellow hornet, Vespula maculifrons
small yellow-marked social wasp commonly nesting in the ground
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