oriental hornet

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oriental hornet

noun oriental hornets

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

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@misc{oriental_hornet_2026,
  title = {oriental hornet},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/oriental%20hornet},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}