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Meanings of yellow hornet in English

Small yellow-marked social wasp commonly nesting in the ground.

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        Examples for "yellow jacket"
        Examples for "yellow jacket"
        1
        There can be only one yellow jacket in this group, he says.
        Wired
        2
        He wore the litle yellow jacket she'd saved for, the paisley bow tie.
        Flesh and blood
        3
        Look at his boots and yellow jacket-ain'the a rum one?
        Vanity Fair
        4
        Look at his boots and yellow jacket-why-theyareputting the horses to Dob's carriage.
        Boys and Girls from Thackeray
        5
        This yellow jacket had been a magic pass, but it might run out any minute.
        All together dead
        Usage of yellow hornet in English
        1
        A large yellow hornet with two black bands over the abdomen, was seen, humming about the water-holes.
        Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia / From Moreton Ba...
        2
        Great numbers of large bright yellow hornets, with some black marks across the abdomen, visited the water.
        Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia / From Moreton Ba...
        3
        Now what he saw was really a hornets' nest, full of great big brown and yellow hornets.
        Tales of the Punjab: Folklore of India
        4
        While speculating about the phenomenon, I saw one of the large yellow hornets I had observed quickly enter one of the holes.
        The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton