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hornet Noun 1. a large wasp that can inflict a severe sting 2. hornet's nest a very unpleasant situation that is difficult to deal with: you'll stir up a hornet's nest [Old English hyrnetu]
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Translations n hornet [ˈhoːnit] a kind of large wasp. perdeby, wesp زُنْبور стършел sršeň gedehams die Hornisse μεγάλη σφήκα avispón vapsik زنبور درشت herhiläinen frelon צִרעָה तेज डंक मारने वाला भिंड stršen, osa lódarázs tawon vespa, geitungur calabrone すずめばち 말벌 širšė sirsenis tebuan horzel geitehams szerszeń vespão gărgăun шершень sršeň sršen stršljen bålgeting แตน eşekarısı 大黃蜂 шершень زنبور ong bắp cày 大黄蜂 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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But the willow-wren sent down the hornet, with orders to settle beneath the fox's tail, and sting with all his might. Back it came, with the editor's regrets, and Martin sent it to San Francisco again, this time to THE HORNET, a pretentious monthly that had been fanned into a constellation of the first magnitude by the brilliant journalist who founded it. Imagine, if you can, a bald-faced hornet of your earthly experience grown to the size of a prize Hereford bull, and you will have some faint conception of the ferocious appearance and awesome formidability of the winged monster that bore down upon me. |
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