Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oriental hornet

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.05 in modern English

Syllables: ori-en-tal hor-net
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Vespa orientalis, a social wasp species originating from Southwest Asia and Northeast Africa.

Example Sentences

"Velardi, 48, had been struck by a Vespa orientalis, or oriental hornet, a species of wasp that originates mostly from north Africa and south-east Asia whose presence in the Italian capital is growing sharply."

Inflected Forms

oriental hornets (plural)

Questions

What does oriental hornet mean?: Vespa orientalis, a social wasp species originating from Southwest Asia and Northeast Africa.

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