WHITE-FACED HORNET

Meaning of WHITE-FACED HORNET in English

noun

: a large American hornet ( Vespula maculata ) predominantly dull black with striking white markings on head, thorax, and abdomen — called also bald-faced hornet

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

WHITE-FACED HORNET. — See under hornet . [ 1890-95, Amer. ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WHITE-FACED HORNET — оса пятнистая (Vespula maculata)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
WHITE-FACED HORNET — оса пятнистая ( Vespula maculata )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
HORNET — calabron
English interlingue dictionary
FACED — (Verb) nag-atubang
English-Visayan vocabulary
HORNET — noun Etymology: Middle English hernet, from Old English hyrnet; akin to Old High German hornaz ~, Latin crabro Date: before …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WHITE — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) White Monk white corpuscle white blood cell Bourke White Margaret cabbage white white footed …
Английский словарь Британика
WHITE — I. ˈhwīt also ˈwī-; usu -īd.+V adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English white, whit, from Old English hwīt; akin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HORNET — ˈhȯrnə̇t, ˈhȯ(ə)n-, usu -ə̇d.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English hernet, harnette, from Old English hyrnet; akin to Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FACED — ˈfāst adjective Etymology: face (I) + -ed : provided with a face or a facing a neatly faced terrace a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HORNET — (n.) A large, strong wasp. The European species (Vespa crabro) is of a dark brown and yellow color. It is …
Английский словарь Webster
FACED — (a.) Having (such) a face, or (so many) faces; as, smooth-faced, two-faced.
Английский словарь Webster
FACED — (imp. & p. p.) of Face
Английский словарь Webster
HORNET — ( n. ) A large, strong wasp. The European species (Vespa crabro) is of a dark brown and yellow color. …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WHITE — /hwuyt, wuyt/ , adj., whiter, whitest , n. , v. , whited, whiting . adj. 1. of the color of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HORNET — /hawr"nit/ , n. any large, stinging paper wasp of the family Vespidae, as Vespa crabro (giant hornet) , introduced into …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FACED — /fayst/ , adj. having a specified kind of face or number of faces (usually used in combination): a sweet-faced child; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HORNET — n. stinging insect of the wasp family
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
FACED — adj. having a specific type of face or number of faces (i.e. wide-faced, two-faced); covered, coated; smoothed, dressed (about the …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
WHITE — I. ˈhwīt, ˈwīt adjective ( whit·er ; whit·est ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hwīt; akin to Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HORNET — noun Etymology: Middle English hernet, from Old English hyrnet; akin to Old High German hornaz hornet, Latin crabro Date: before …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
-FACED — : having (such) a face or (so many) faces rosy- faced two- faced
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WHITE — noun a white pigment; as, venice white. 2. white ·superl gray, as from age; having silvery hair; hoary. 3. white …
Webster English vocab
HORNET — noun a large, strong wasp. the european species (vespa crabro) is of a dark brown and yellow color. it is …
Webster English vocab
FACED — impf & ·p.p. of face. 2. faced ·adj having (such) a face, or (so many) faces; as, smooth-faced, two-faced.
Webster English vocab
HORNET — ■ noun a large wasp which is typically red and yellow or red and black and usually nests in hollow …
Concise Oxford English vocab
WHITE — [white] adj whit.er ; whit.est [ME, fr. OE hwit; akin to OHG hwiz white and prob. to OCS svetu light, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HORNET — [hor.net] n [ME hernet, fr. OE hyrnet; akin to OHG hornaz hornet, L crabro] (bef. 12c): any of the larger …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
-FACED — [-faced] adj comb form: having (such) a face or (so many) faces "rosy-faced" "two-faced"
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WHITE — white, White BrE AmE waɪt hwaɪt — Preference poll, British English: waɪt 77%, hwaɪt 23%. ▷ whited ˈwaɪt ɪd ˈhwaɪt-, …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HORNET — hornet BrE AmE ˈhɔːn ɪt -ət AmE \ ˈhɔːrn- ▷ hornet|s s ▶ ˈ hornet's nest BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
-FACED — -faced BrE AmE ˈfeɪst feɪst ▷ — stony-faced ˌstəʊn i ˈfeɪst ◂ ˈ••• AmE \ ˌstoʊn-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WHITE — / waɪt; NAmE / adjective , noun ■ adjective ( whiter , whit·est ) 1. having the colour of fresh …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HORNET — / ˈhɔːnɪt; NAmE ˈhɔːrnɪt/ noun a large wasp (= a black and yellow flying insect) that has a very powerful …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHITE — I. white 1 S1 W1 /waɪt/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun : ↑ white , ↑ whiteness , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HORNET — hor ‧ net /ˈhɔːnət, ˈhɔːnɪt $ ˈhɔːr-/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: hyrnet ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WHITE — adj., n., & v. --adj. 1 resembling a surface reflecting sunlight without absorbing any of the visible rays; of the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HORNET — n. a large wasp, Vespa crabro, with a brown and yellow striped body, and capable of inflicting a serious sting. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WHITE — adj., n., & v. adj. 1 resembling a surface reflecting sunlight without absorbing any of the visible rays; of the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HORNET — n. a large wasp, Vespa crabro, with a brown and yellow striped body, and capable of inflicting a serious sting. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WHITE — adj., n., & v. --adj. 1. resembling a surface reflecting sunlight without absorbing any of the visible rays; of the …
Oxford English vocab
HORNET — n. a large wasp, Vespa crabro, with a brown and yellow striped body, and capable of inflicting a serious sting. …
Oxford English vocab
WHITE — ( whiter, whitest, whites) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Something that …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HORNET — ( hornets) 1. A hornet is a large wasp. Hornets live in nests and have a powerful sting. N-COUNT 2. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
-FACED — -faced combines with adjectives to form other adjectives that describe someone’s face or expression. ...a slim, thin-faced man... The committee …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HORNET — (~s) 1. A ~ is a large wasp. Hornets live in nests and have a powerful sting. N-COUNT 2. If …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HORNET — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a wasps'/hornets' nest ▪ a wasps' nest in the attic EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HORNET — [noun] [C] - a large wasp (= type of flying insect) which can give you a bad stingSee picture: Bees …
Cambridge English vocab
WHITE — n. white whale White Monk white corpuscle white blood cell Bourke White Margaret cabbage white white footed mouse great white …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
WHITE
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HORNET — See: MAD AS A HORNET or MAD AS HOPS or MAD AS A WET HEN, STIR UP A HORNET'S NEST.
Slang English vocab
HORNET — n. ~s sting
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
WHITE — adj. 1 snow-white, snowy, chalk-white, chalky, ivory, creamy, milky, milk-white, oyster-white, off-white; silver, hoary Many buildings in the tropics are …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
HORNET — See: MAD AS A HORNET or MAD AS HOPS or MAD AS A WET HEN, STIR UP A HORNET'S NEST.
Словарь английских идиом
HORNET — The hornet bears a general resemblance to the common wasp, only it is larger. It is exceedingly fierce and voracious, …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
FACED — in retail, making stocked items on shelves look neat and tidy, and making available product look more visible, by pulling …
Raynet Business and Marketing English Glossary
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HORNET — сущ.; зоол. шершень hornets sting ≈ шершни жалят to stir up a nest of hornets, to bring a hornets' nest …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FACED — облицованный bare faced tenon ≈ поперечный замок внакладку heavy faced type ≈ шрифт жирного начертания - faced wall облицованный; отделанный; …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FACED — Уважаемый
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
FACED — Облицованный
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
WHITE — white.ogg 1. waıt n 1. 1> белый цвет; белизна 2> чистота, непорочность 2. белая краска, белила 3. белок ( яйца …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HORNET — n 1. 1> энт. шершень ( Vespidae ) 2> оса, надоедливая муха, язва 2. ав. жарг. бомбардировщик to stir up …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

Webster's New International English Dictionary

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