yellow jacket
A predatory wasp with alternating black and yellow stripes around the abdomen, usually…A predatory wasp with alternating black and yellow stripes around the abdomen, usually of the genera Vespula or Dolichovespula.
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Значення
значень: 3(США)A predatory wasp with alternating black and yellow stripes around the abdomen, usually of the genera Vespula or Dolichovespula.
(сленг)A capsule of pentobarbital sodium (or sometimes other barbiturates), especially when used as a recreational drug.
Synonym of yellow vest (“member of a French protest movement which started in late 2018”).
- small yellow-marked social wasp commonly nesting in the ground
- a barbiturate (trade name Nembutal) used as a sedative and hypnotic and antispasmodic
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речень: 7Why is Tom wearing a yellow jacket?
Hornets are bigger than yellow jackets.
Yellow jackets are more aggressive than hornets.
I got stung by a yellow jacket.
There's a nest of yellow jackets under the door.
Походження
From yellow + jacket.From yellow + jacket.
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множина: yellow jacketsСиноніми
синонімів: 7- small yellow-marked social wasp commonly nesting in the ground:yellow hornetVespula maculifrons
- a barbiturate (trade name Nembutal) used as a sedative and hypnotic and antispasmodic:pentobarbital sodiumpentobarbitalNembutal