hornet
hornet
Definition
hor·net (hôr′nit)
noun
any of several large social wasps (family Vespidae), strikingly colored yellow and black
Etymology: ME harnette < OE hyrnet, akin to Ger hornisse < IE base *er- (see horn) > L crabro, hornet
hornet
Usage Examples
Possessives
- nest: You're right, the whole issue has stirred up a bit of a hornet's nest.
Converse of object
- see: Some of us saw a hornet patrolling a water filled ditch much like a dragonfly.
- join: Jermaine Pennant had scored his first goal since joining the Hornets on loan from Arsenal to give his side the lead at the interval.
- stir: Therefore, we are linking to an MP3 file of the voicemail that has stirred this literal hornet 's nest of controversy.
- put: To make up for this several hornets put in an appearance at the traps to liven up the evening's proceedings.
- help: The crystals may also help the hornets to navigate in the dark chambers.
- face: Hulse, who had been nursing a hip problem, ruled himself available to face the in-form Hornets.
Adjective modifier
- large: Hornet Sp: Several large hornets noted at different locations none seen well.
- angry: Rally cars buzz like angry hornets round the track.
- several: To make up for this several hornets put in an appearance at the traps to liven up the evening's proceedings.
- little: Each nasty little hornet, Each beastly little squid; Who made the spiky urchin?
- high-flying: So how will Plymouth gun down the high-flying Hornets?
- former: There are no former Hornets in Norwich's current squad.
Modifies a noun
- nest: Also, hornets nests are much larger than wasps nests.
- boss: Hornets boss Ray Lewington felt the absence of a cutting edge cost his side at least a point.
- robberfly: You can read the UK BAP for hornet robberfly here.
- sting: The review includes figures for the national death rate from wasp, bee and hornet stings running at about 5 per annum nationally.
- robber: Smith, M. ( 2000 ) The hornet robber fly Asilus crabroniformis: land use and livestock grazing regimes at sites in England.
- crab: Two more visitors this morning: a pair of song thrushes among the golden hornet crab apples.
Noun used with modifier
- queen: The picture shows a normal worker wasp next to a queen hornet.
Browse dictionary entries near hornet
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- hornpipe
- hornstone
- hornswoggle
- horntail
- hornworm
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