hornet

noun

hor·net | \ ˈhȯr-nət

plural hornets

Definition of hornet

: any of the larger vespid wasps (genus Vespa) that usually build large papery nests in shrubs and trees — see also asian giant hornet, asian hornet, european hornet — compare bald-faced hornet

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Recent Examples on the Web Each trap was outfitted with a dummy female hornet to attract the males as well, Nieh said. — Megan Marples, CNN, 15 Mar. 2022 The Asian giant hornet, the world's largest at 2 inches, can decimate entire hives of honeybees and deliver a painful sting to humans. — USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2020 Both sections hummed like a hornet’s nest as Wong plugged into the music’s rhythmic vigor while sustaining grace and ebullience. — Zachary Lewis, cleveland, 15 Apr. 2022 Laura Kipnis likes to be a cage rattler, a fly in the ointment, a poker of hornet’s nests. — Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com, 14 Feb. 2022 The Asian giant hornet was reported by a Whatcom County resident on Wednesday. — CBS News, 13 Aug. 2021 The station says it was found Thursday morning in a rural area outside the city of Blaine, which is due north of Seattle, about a quarter-mile from where a resident saw a live Asian giant hornet on August 11. — CBS News, 20 Aug. 2021 The hornets were first detected in the United States in 2019 when a hornet was reported in Whatcom County. — Nicholas K. Geranios, chicagotribune.com, 27 Aug. 2021 The hornets were first detected in the United States in 2019 when a hornet was reported in the same county where the recent nest was destroyed. — Nicholas K. Geranios, USA TODAY, 27 Aug. 2021 See More

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