hornet
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Etymology
From Middle English hernet, from Old English hyrnetu, hyrnete, from Proto-West Germanic *hurnutu, from Proto-Germanic *hurznutō (compare German Hornisse), alteration of Proto-Germanic *hursulǭ (compare Dutch horzel), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂sro- (“hornet”, literally “the one with horns (antennae)”), from *ḱerh₂- (“horn”) (compare Welsh creyryn (“gadfly”), Latin crābrō (“hornet”), Lithuanian širšė (“wasp”), Old Church Slavonic сръшень (srŭšenĭ, “hornet”), Albanian grerë, grenzë (“wasp, hornet”)).
Pronunciation
Noun
hornet (plural hornets)
- A large wasp, of the genus Vespa, having a brown-and-yellow-striped body and the ability to inflict a serious sting.
- A person who pesters with petty but ceaseless attacks.
Derived terms
- Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia)
- Asian hornet (Vespa velutina)
- Australian hornet (Abispa ephippium)
- bald-faced hornet, bald hornet (Dolichovespula maculata)
- black-bellied hornet (Vespa basalis)
- black-tailed hornet (Vespa ducalis)
- European hornet (Vespa crabro)
- giant hornet (Vespa crabro germana)
- greater banded hornet (Vespa tropica)
- Japanese hornet (Vespa simillima)
- Japanese yellow hornet (Vespa simillima xanthptera)
- hornet clearwing (Sesia apiformis)
- hornet fly (Asilus spp.)
- hornet moth (Sesia apiformis)
- hornet robberfly (Asilus crabroniformis)
- lesser banded hornet (Vespa affinis)
- Oriental hornet, (Vespa orientalis)
- paper hornet (Dolichovespula maculata)
- sand hornet (Sphecius speciosus)
- white-faced hornet, white-tailed hornet (Dolichovespula maculata)
- yellow hornet (Vespa simillima xanthoptera)
- yellow-legged hornet (Vespa velutina)
- green hornet
- Japanese giant hornet
- mad as a hornet
- murder hornet
- oriental hornet
Translations
a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body
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