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BUMBLEBEE

Dictionary entry overview: What does bumblebee mean?

• BUMBLEBEE (noun)
The noun BUMBLEBEE has 1 sense:

1. robust hairy social bee of temperate regions

Familiarity information: BUMBLEBEE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• BUMBLEBEE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Robust hairy social bee of temperate regions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

bumblebee; humblebee

Hypernyms ("bumblebee" is a kind of...):

bee (any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species)

Holonyms ("bumblebee" is a member of...):

Bombus; genus Bombus (bumblebees)

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