HORNET

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Large stinging paper wasp

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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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