hornet

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Reino Unido//ˈhɔː.nɪt//
Estados Unidos//ˈhɔɹ.nɪt//

Any large wasp of the genus Vespa, having a brown-and-yellow-striped body and the ability to inflict a serious sting.

substantivo

1
Any large wasp of the genus Vespa, having a brown-and-yellow-striped body and the ability to inflict a serious sting.
2
A person who pesters with petty but ceaseless attacks.

Etimologia

From Middle English hernet, from Old English hyrnetu, hyrnete, from Proto-West Germanic *hurnutu, from Proto-Germanic *hurznutō (compare German Hornisse), alteration of Proto-Germanic *hursulǭ (compare Dutch horzel), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂sro- (“hornet”, literally “the one with horns (antennae)”), from *ḱerh₂- (“horn”) (compare Welsh creyryn (“gadfly”), Latin crābrō (“hornet”), Lithuanian širšė (“wasp”), Proto-Slavic *sьrxy (whence Old Church Slavonic сръшень (srŭšenĭ, “hornet”) and many others), Albanian grerë, grenzë (“wasp, hornet”)).

Formas

plural: hornets

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hornet · Any large wasp of the genus Vespa, having a brown-and-yellow-striped body and the ability to inflict a serious sting.

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