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BALD-FACED HORNET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bald-faced hornet mean? 

BALD-FACED HORNET (noun)
  The noun BALD-FACED HORNET has 1 sense:

1. North American hornetplay

  Familiarity information: BALD-FACED HORNET used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BALD-FACED HORNET (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

North American hornet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

bald-faced hornet; Vespula maculata; white-faced hornet

Hypernyms ("bald-faced hornet" is a kind of...):

hornet (large stinging paper wasp)


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