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GENUS PSITHYRUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Psithyrus mean?
• GENUS PSITHYRUS (noun)
The noun GENUS PSITHYRUS has 1 sense:
1. a large bee that resembles the bumblebee but lacks pollen-collecting apparatus and a worker caste
Familiarity information: GENUS PSITHYRUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A large bee that resembles the bumblebee but lacks pollen-collecting apparatus and a worker caste
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Psithyrus; Psithyrus
Hypernyms ("genus Psithyrus" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "genus Psithyrus"):
cuckoo-bumblebee (a bee that is parasitic in the nests of bumblebees)
Holonyms ("genus Psithyrus" is a member of...):
Apidae; family Apidae (honeybees; carpenter bees; bumblebees)
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