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Definition of Bald-faced hornet
1. Noun. North American hornet.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bald-faced Hornet
Literary usage of Bald-faced hornet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Insects Injurious to the Household and Annoying to Man by Glenn Washington Herrick (1914)
"The bald-faced hornet (Fig. 112) is a much larger wasp, black marked with white,
... name. This wasp builds (x 2j.) FIG. 112. — bald-faced hornet. ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1908)
"On July 22, while sitting within five feet of the vessel, I noticed, for the
first time, a bald-faced hornet ( Vespa ..."
3. Leaves from Nature's Story-book by Meriba Ada Babcock Kelly (1893)
"As soon as it was deep enough, she flew away; and the bald-faced hornet waited for
... As she was about to push it into her burrow, our bald-faced hornet ..."
4. Men I Have Fished with: Sketches of Characters and Incidents with Rod and by Fred Mather (1897)
"Those who know the bald-faced hornet know that he is as swift as a humming-bird
and carries a poniard that for penetration and venom discounts a bumblebee ..."
5. The Warlord of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs, W.F. Hall Printing Company, A.C. McClurg & Company (1919)
"Imagine, if you can, a bald-faced hornet of your earthly experience grown to the
size of a prize Hereford bull, and you will have some faint conception of ..."
6. Proceedings by Entomological Society of Washington (1914)
"Recently the Bureau of Entomology has received a specimen of the nest of the
bald-faced hornet (Vespula mandata Linnaeus) from Mr. Arthur D. Addison of ..."
7. The Insect Book: A Popular Account of the Bees, Wasps, Ants, Grasshoppers by Leland Ossian Howard (1905)
"The most notable of the social wasps in the United States is the bald-faced
hornet ('Vespa maculata) above referred to. It builds the enormous paper nests ..."
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