vespillo

See also: Vespillo

English

Etymology

From Latin vespillo.

Noun

vespillo (plural vespilloes)

1. (Ancient Rome) One who carried out the dead bodies of the poor at night for burial.
   • 1642, [Thomas Browne], “(please specify the page)”, in Religio Medici, London: […] Andrew Crooke, →OCLC:

     Like vespilloes or gravemakers.

2. A wasp from the genus Vespillo in the family Vespidae.