Meaning of murder hornet | Babel Free

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Synonym of Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia) ^((See discussion))

informal

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Examples

“Their murderous rampages on bee colonies have⟳ earned them the nickname ‘murder⟳ hornets’ from entomologists.”

“2020, "Deadly Hornet Massacres a Mouse on Video, They're Huge", TMZ It's unclear if this is, in fact, a murder⟳ hornet”

“2020, "The murder⟳ hornet is the 2020 B-plot you probably didn’t see⟳ coming", Kim Lyons, The Verge Some days the news is upbeat and interesting and then other days the writers of the script for 2020: The Horror Show⟳ throw⟳ in a murder⟳ hornet plot twist⟳ because a pandemic is apparently not terrifying enough without two-inch hornets that rip the heads off of honeybees.”

“2020, "Murder⟳ Hornets Are In Canada Because 2020 Just Keeps On Going", Sima Shakeri, Huffington Post⟳ The New York Times reported about the hornets on Saturday that shared graphic details of the piles of honeybee corpses left behind after murder⟳ hornets infiltrated their hives.”

“2020, " "Murder⟳ hornets" have⟳ now entered the U.S. — and they could decimate the honeybee population ", Li Cohen, CBS News But murder⟳ hornets become⟳ most dangerous from late summer to early fall⟳, when they ravage through honey bee populations.”

“Winter is on its way out. The days are getting longer, vaccinations are ramping up and an end⟳ to the pandemic could be in sight. But murder⟳ hornets don't care about any of that.”

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