hornet

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someone connected with Watford Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc
A large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown and yellow striped body and capable of inflicting a serious sting
{n} a bee of the wasp kind
A large, strong wasp
maculata is larger and has similar habits
The American white-faced hornet V
If you say that someone has stirred up a hornet's nest, you mean that they have done something which has caused a lot of argument or trouble
The European species (Vespa crabro) is of a dark brown and yellow color
It is very pugnacious, and its sting is very severe
large stinging paper wasp
A hornet is a large wasp. Hornets live in nests and have a powerful sting
Its nest is constructed of a paperlike material, and the layers of comb are hung together by columns
{i} stinging insect of the wasp family
hornet's nest
(deyim) 1. a highly contentious or hazardous situation: "Talk of invading Iraq stirred up a political hornets' nest"2. habitation for wasps or hornets, wasp's nest
hornet's nest
Nest made by wasps
hornet's nest
Mess, trouble
hornet's nest
Hornets Nest is a 1,200-seat multi-purpose gymnasium in Sacramento, California. The arena opened in 1955, and is one of the oldest in D-I sports. It is home to the Sacramento State Hornets basketball team. The university hopes to replace this venue with an 8,000 seat arena
hornet's nest
nest made by wasps; mess, trouble
hornet's nest
a highly contentious or hazardous situation; "talk of invading Iraq stirred up a political hornets' nest
bald-faced hornet
North American hornet
giant hornet
European hornet introduced into the United States
hornets
plural of hornet
stir up a hornet's nest
cause major problems; agitate hornets in a nest
hornet

    Silbentrennung

    hor·net

    Türkische aussprache

    hôrnît

    Aussprache

    /ˈhôrnət/ /ˈhɔːrnɪt/

    Etymologie

    [ 'hor-n&t ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English hernet, from Old English hyrnetu, hyrnete, from Proto-Germanic *khurznut- (compare German Hornisse), alteration of *khurzulon (compare Dutch horzel), from Proto-Indo-European *k̑érh2sr (compare Welsh creyryn 'wasp', Latin crābrō 'hornet', Tocharian kronše 'bee' , Lithuanian šìršė 'wasp', Old Church Slavonic сръшень (srŭšenĭ) 'hornet', Albanian grerë, grenzë 'wasp, hornet').

    Gemeinsame Collocations

    hornet nest
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