Bumblebee

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  • noun. Any of various large, hairy, often black and yellow bees of the genus Bombus that nest in underground colonies.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A large hairy social bee of the family Apidœ, subfamily Socialiœ, and genus Bombus, species of which are found in most parts of the world.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A large bee of the genus Bombus, sometimes called humblebee; -- so named from its sound.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Any of several species of large bee in the genus Bombus.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. robust hairy social bee of temperate regions
    • Word Usage
    "The causes of the recent major declines in bumblebee populations are not certain, but some factors are known to be important."
    cross-reference
    trumpeter bumblebee  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    bee  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    azmyth  bees'  buzzard  coaster  collapsar  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    dumbledore  
    variant
    humblebee  
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