bald-faced hornet

bald-faced hornet

noun
See under hornet.

Origin:
1860–65, Americanism

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hor·net

[hawr-nit]
noun
any large, stinging paper wasp of the family Vespidae, as Vespa crabro (giant hornet), introduced into the U.S. from Europe, or Vespula maculata (bald-faced hornet or white-faced hornet), of North America.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English harnete, Old English hyrnet(u); cognate with Old High German hornaz (> German Horniss); akin to horn
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bald-faced hornet

noun
North American hornet 
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