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HORNET

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Dictionary entry overview: What does hornet mean?

• HORNET (noun)
The noun HORNET has 1 sense:

1. large stinging paper wasp

Familiarity information: HORNET used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• HORNET (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Large stinging paper wasp

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("hornet" is a kind of...):

vespid; vespid wasp (mostly social nest-building wasps)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hornet"):

giant hornet; Vespa crabro (European hornet introduced into the United States)

bald-faced hornet; Vespula maculata; white-faced hornet (North American hornet)

Vespula maculifrons; yellow hornet; yellow jacket (small yellow-marked social wasp commonly nesting in the ground)

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HORNET: related words searches

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