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bumblebee
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun bumblebee has 1 sense
- bumblebee(n = noun.animal) humblebee - robust hairy social bee of temperate regions; Array is a kind of bee
is a member of bombus, genus bombus
CIDE DICTIONARY
bumblebee, n. [OE. bumblen to make a humming noise (dim. of bum, v. i.) + bee. Cf. Humblebee.].
A large bee of the genus Bombus , sometimes called humblebee ; -- so named from its sound. [1913 Webster]
" There are many species. All gather honey, and store it in the empty cocoons after the young have come out."
[1913 Webster]
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