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GERMAN BEE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does German bee mean? 

GERMAN BEE (noun)
  The noun GERMAN BEE has 1 sense:

1. dark-colored ill-tempered honeybee supposedly of German originplay

  Familiarity information: GERMAN BEE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GERMAN BEE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Dark-colored ill-tempered honeybee supposedly of German origin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

black bee; German bee

Hypernyms ("German bee" is a kind of...):

Apis mellifera; honeybee (social bee often domesticated for the honey it produces)


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