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CUCKOO-BUMBLEBEE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cuckoo-bumblebee mean?
• CUCKOO-BUMBLEBEE (noun)
The noun CUCKOO-BUMBLEBEE has 1 sense:
1. a bee that is parasitic in the nests of bumblebees
Familiarity information: CUCKOO-BUMBLEBEE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A bee that is parasitic in the nests of bumblebees
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("cuckoo-bumblebee" is a kind of...):
bee (any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species)
Holonyms ("cuckoo-bumblebee" is a member of...):
genus Psithyrus; Psithyrus (a large bee that resembles the bumblebee but lacks pollen-collecting apparatus and a worker caste)
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