geitungur

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Icelandic

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Noun

geitungur m (genitive singular geitungs, nominative plural geitungar)

  1. wasp (Vespidae)
    Synonym: vespa
    • 1906, Zacharias Topelius, “Áróra Königsmark”, in Sögur herlæknisins, volume 3:
      Eða get um við unað því í ró, að hann Óginskí er sífellt á sveimi umhverfis herbúðir vorar, eins og geitungur.
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