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Bumblebee   Listen
noun
Bumblebee  n.  (Zool.) A large bee of the genus Bombus, sometimes called humblebee; so named from its sound. Note: There are many species. All gather honey, and store it in the empty cocoons after the young have come out.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Bumblebee" Quotes from Famous Books



... sot on tucky aigs, An' she hatch out goslin's three. Two wus tuckies wid slender legs, An' one wus a bumblebee. All dem hens say to one ...
— Negro Folk Rhymes - Wise and Otherwise: With a Study • Thomas W. Talley

... wasn't much bigger than a big bumblebee, and when it came toward Trot she allowed it to ...
— The Scarecrow of Oz • L. Frank Baum

... heard nothing. The whole world was listening. By and by a honey-burdened bumblebee began talking to himself; you couldn't quite understand what he said because he mumbled and bumbled so. David knew he was such a very tired and sleepy bumblebee that nobody could understand what he was talking about; and besides, he wasn't nearly so wonderful as a big butterfly that balanced ...
— A Melody in Silver • Keene Abbott



Words linked to "Bumblebee" :   bee, humblebee, genus Bombus, Bombus, cuckoo-bumblebee



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