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xylocopa
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun xylocopa has 1 sense
- xylocopa(n = noun.animal) genus xylocopa - carpenter bees; Array is a kind of arthropod genus
is a member of apidae, family apidae
CIDE DICTIONARY
xylocopa, n. [NL., fr. Gr. cutting wood; xy`lon wood + to cut.].
A genus of hymenopterous insects including the carpenter. See Carpenter bee , under Carpenter. [1913 Webster]
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