different between hornel vs hornet

English

Noun

hornel (plural hornels)

1. (Scotland) The European sand eel.

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Middle English hernet, from Old English hyrnetu, hyrnete, from Proto-Germanic *hurznut? (compare German Hornisse), alteration of Proto-Germanic *hursul? (compare Dutch horzel), from Proto-Indo-European *?r?h?sro- (“hornet”, literally “the one with horns (antennae)”), from *?erh?- (“horn”) (compare Welsh creyryn (“gadfly”), Latin cr?br? (“hornet”), Lithuanian širš? (“wasp”), Old Church Slavonic ??????? (sr?šen?, “hornet”), Albanian grerë, grenzë (“wasp, hornet”)).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?h??.n?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?h??.n?t/
• Rhymes: -??(?)n?t

Noun

hornet (plural hornets)

1. A 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.

Derived terms

• Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia)
• Asian hornet (Vespa velutina)
• Australian hornet (Abispa ephippium)
• bald-faced hornet, bald hornet (Dolichovespula maculata)
• black-bellied hornet (Vespa basalis)
• black-tailed hornet (Vespa ducalis)
• European hornet (Vespa crabro)
• giant hornet (Vespa crabro germana)
• greater banded hornet (Vespa tropica)
• Japanese hornet (Vespa simillima)
• Japanese yellow hornet (Vespa simillima xanthptera)
• hornet clearwing (Sesia apiformis)
• hornet fly (Asilus spp.)
• hornet moth (Sesia apiformis)
• hornet robberfly, (Asilus crabroniformis)
• lesser banded hornet (Vespa affinis)
• Oriental hornet, (Vespa orientalis)
• paper hornet (Dolichovespula maculata)
• sand hornet (Sphecius speciosus)
• white-faced hornet, white-tailed hornet (Dolichovespula maculata)
• yellow hornet (Vespa simillima xanthoptera)
• yellow-legged hornet (Vespa velutina)

Translations

See also

• bee
• wasp

Anagrams

• 'nother, Rhoten, Theron, Thoren, Thorne, enhort, nother, other'n, throne

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

hornet n

1. definite singular of horn

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

hornet n

1. definite singular of horn

Swedish

Noun

hornet

1. definite singular of horn