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Bumblebee

/ˈbʌmbl̩bi/

Any of several species of large bee in the genus Bombus

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Any of several species of large bee in the genus Bombus

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Word	Definition
humblebeenoun	(obsolete) A bumblebee.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Bumblebee"

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Word	Definition
humblebeenoun	(obsolete) A bumblebee.
dronenoun	A male ant, bee, or wasp, which does not work but can fertilize the queen.
beenoun	A flying insect, of the clade Anthophila within the hymenopteran superfamily Apoidea, known for its organised societies (though only a minority have them), for collecting pollen and (in some species) producing wax and honey.
bourdonnoun	A bumblebee, genus Bombus.
bumble beenoun	Alternative spelling of bumblebee. [Any of several species of large bee in the genus Bombus.]
bumble-beenoun	Alternative spelling of bumblebee. [Any of several species of large bee in the genus Bombus.]
bumbeenoun	(Scotland) Alternative form of bumblebee. [Any of several species of large bee in the genus Bombus.]
bumblebee mothnoun	Any of several species of moth that somewhat resemble bumblebees in coloration.
bumblenoun	A confusion; a jumble.
apple beenoun	(US) A social gathering of farmers to help gather in the apple harvest, or process the fruit.
buff-tailed bumblebeenoun	Any of species Bombus terrestris of bumblebees common across large parts of Europe.
short-haired bumblebeenoun	A species of bumblebee, Bombus subterraneus, native to Eurasia.
killer beenoun	(informal) An Africanized bee.
bumblebirdnoun	(rare, nonstandard) Hummingbird.
franklin's bumblebeenoun	Bombus franklini, an endangered bee of the western United States.
bee treenoun	A tree inhabited by a colony of honey bees.
honey beenoun	Any of seven species of bee, in genus Apis, often kept commercially for honey, beeswax, and pollination of crops.
honeybeenoun	Alternative form of honey bee. [Any of seven species of bee, in genus Apis, often kept commercially for honey, beeswax, and pollination of crops.]
carder beenoun	(entomology) Common name mainly applied to some Bombus species in the northern hemisphere, where they occur widely and are the most familiar species of bees that exhibit carding activity in their nest building, rather than genera such as Anthidium in the Megachilidae, some of which occur in the Northern hemisphere as well and similarly exhibit carding activity .
bee flynoun	Any of the flies in the family Bombyliidae, with adults that look like bumblebees and larvae that are parasitic on the eggs or larvae of other insects.