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Definitions of hornet in various dictionaries:
noun - large stinging paper wasp
noun - a stinging insect
HORNET - Hornets (insects in the genera Vespa and Provespa) are the largest of the eusocial wasps, and are similar in appearance to their close relatives yell...
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| Big stinger |
| Stinger |
| Social stinger |
| It may be involved in a sting operation |
| Stinging wasp |
| It stings |
| Stinging insect |
| NBAer |
| Big buzzer |
| 1970s American Motors car |
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| The finale of the Millennium trilogy: "The Girl Who Kicked the ____'s Nest" |
| (Sarah of the Clue Crew riding in a Blue Angels jet) With a ceiling of over 50,000 feet, the Blue Angels jets, FA-18s, are known by the name of this insect |
| The American F/A-18 fighter plane, or a paper-making wasp |
| 2-syllable social wasp of the family Vespidae |
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| Any of various large stinging wasps of the family Vespidae, chiefly of the genera Vespa and Vespula, that characteristically build large papery nests. |
| a large, fairly docile wasp which is typically red and yellow or red and black and usually nests in hollow trees. |
| large stinging paper wasp |
| A large, fairly docile wasp which is typically red and yellow or red and black and usually nests in hollow trees. |
| a large wasp ( type of flying insect) that can give you a bad sting |
| a large flying insect that can give a severe sting |
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| Hornet, Troms, NORWAY |
| Hornet, MISSOURI, UNITED STATES |
| Hornet, TENNESSEE, UNITED STATES |
| Hornet, Sogn og Fjordane, NORWAY |
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Hornets (insects in the genera Vespa and Provespa) are the largest of the eusocial wasps, and are similar in appearance to their close relatives yellowjackets. Some species can reach up to 5.5 cm (2.2 in) in length. They are distinguished from other vespine wasps by the relatively large top margin of the head and by the rounded segment of the abdomen just behind the waist. Worldwide, there are 22 recognized species of Vespa, and three species of Provespa, which are unique amongst hornets in being nocturnal. Most species only occur in the tropics of Asia, though the European hornet (Vespa crabro), is widely distributed throughout Europe, Russia, North America and Northeast Asia. Wasps native to North America in the genus Dolichovespula are commonly referred to as hornets (e.g. baldfaced hornets), but are actually yellowjackets. * Like other social wasps, hornets build communal nests by chewing wood to make a papery pulp. Each nest has one queen, who lays eggs and is attended by workers wh |