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hornet Definition


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hornet
noun
    1. Any of several large social wasps, with a brown and yellow striped body, and a more acute sting.
Idiom: stir up a hornet's nest (stir up a hornets' nest)
    To do something that causes a strong or hostile reaction.
Etymology: Anglo-Saxon hyrnet.



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