plural white-faced hornets
Definition of white-faced hornet
: bald-faced hornet
In the orchard dwells another cabbageworm predator, the white-faced hornet.— Cass Peterson Nest defense by white-faced hornets is formidable, because these wasps—with their relatively huge food resources conspicuously suspended—have had a long evolutionary history perfecting their response to perceived threats.— Bernd Heinrich
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The first known use of white-faced hornet was in 1863
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