giant hornet

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   European hornet introduced into the United States

   SynonymsVespa crabro

   Broaderhornet

Questions about giant hornet

What does giant hornet mean?

giant hornet means "European hornet introduced into the United States".

What is another word for giant hornet?

Close synonyms include Vespa crabro. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is giant hornet a common word?

giant hornet is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.