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BEE EATER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bee eater mean?
• BEE EATER (noun)
The noun BEE EATER has 1 sense:
1. colorful chiefly tropical Old World bird having a strong graceful flight; feeds on especially bees
Familiarity information: BEE EATER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Colorful chiefly tropical Old World bird having a strong graceful flight; feeds on especially bees
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("bee eater" is a kind of...):
coraciiform bird (chiefly short-legged arboreal nonpasserine birds that nest in holes)
Holonyms ("bee eater" is a member of...):
family Meropidae; Meropidae (bee-eaters)
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