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noun • a portable low altitude surface-to-air missile system using infrared guidance and an impact fuse; fired from the shoulder • a cocktail made of made of creme de menthe and brandy • a remark capable of wounding mentally • a sharp organ of offense or defense (as of a wasp or stingray or scorpion) often connected with a poison gland • a sharp stinging blow | ||||||||
37% | 4 | Often mistaken for a bee | ||||||
noun • social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting • a white person of Anglo-Saxon ancestry who belongs to a Protestant denomination | ||||||||
34% | 8 | Characteristic of a bee or wasp | ||||||
adjective • having or resembling a stinger or barb | ||||||||
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1 | A hurt inflicted by an ant, bee, jellyfish, nettle, wasp etc; by extension, pain caused by wounding words; or, the point of an epigram
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2 | A venom-injecting part of a bee or wasp; a cocktail of brandy and crème de menthe; or, a painful blow
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24 Apr 2023 | Telegraph Herculis / 24 Apr 2023 |
3 | Black and yellow insect, like a bee or wasp
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16 Apr 2015 | The Guardian Quick / 16 Apr 2015 |
4 | Characteristic of a bee or wasp | |
5 | From Latin for “bee”, a term for a bee-master/mistress who keeps a colony of said eusocial insects for their beeswax, honey and royal jelly
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6 | Piercing organ of a bee or wasp | |
7 | The "A" of WASP
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09 Sep 1997 | New York Times / 09 Sep 1997 |
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