hor·net /ˈhɔrnət/
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 Hor·net n.  Zool. A large, strong wasp.  The European species (Vespa crabro) is of a dark brown and yellow color. It is very pugnacious, and its sting is very severe.  Its nest is constructed of a paperlike material, and the layers of comb are hung together by columns.  The American white-faced hornet (Vespa maculata) is larger and has similar habits.
 Hornet fly Zool., any dipterous insect of the genus Asilus, and allied genera, of which there are numerous species. They are large and fierce flies which capture bees and other insects, often larger than themselves, and suck their blood. Called also hawk fly, robber fly.
 To stir up a hornet's nest, to provoke the attack of a swarm of spiteful enemies or spirited critics. [Colloq.]

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 hornet
      n : large stinging paper wasp


 Hornet
    Heb. tsir'ah, "stinging", (Ex. 23:28; Deut. 7:20; Josh. 24:12).
    The word is used in these passages as referring to some means by
    which the Canaanites were to be driven out from before the
    Israelites. Some have supposed that the word is used in a
    metaphorical sense as the symbol of some panic which would seize
    the people as a "terror of God" (Gen. 35:5), the consternation
    with which God would inspire the Canaanites. In Palestine there
    are four species of hornets, differing from our hornets, being
    larger in size, and they are very abundant. They "attack human
    beings in a very furious manner." "The furious attack of a swarm
    of hornets drives cattle and horses to madness, and has even
    caused the death of the animals."