Humble-bee

  • 1humble-bee — noun Etymology: Middle English humbylbee, from humbyl (akin to Middle Dutch hommel bumblebee) + bee more at hum Date: 15th century bumblebee …

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  • 2humble bee — n. bumblebee, large and hairy bee (non stinging) …

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  • 3humble-bee — noun another term for bumblebee. Origin ME: prob. from Mid. Low Ger. hummelbē, from hummel to buzz + bē bee …

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  • 4humble-bee — n. = BUMBLE BEE. Etymology: ME prob. f. MLG hummelbe, MDu. hommel, OHG humbal …

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  • 5Bumble bee — For other uses, see Bumblebee (disambiguation) and Bombus (disambiguation). Bombus Bombus terrestris Scientific classification …

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  • 6bumble-bee — n. Humble bee …

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  • 7Kate Humble — Infobox Celebrity name = Kate Humble imagesize = 250px caption = Kate Humble on the Springwatch farm birth date = Birth date and age|1968|12|12|df=yes birth place = Wimbledon, Greater London, England flagicon|England bust = 32D death date = death …

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  • 8Chesterton, Warwickshire — Coordinates: 52°13′25″N 1°28′54″W / 52.223568°N 1.481728°W / 52.223568; 1.481728 …

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  • 9bumblebee — /bum beuhl bee /, n. any of several large, hairy social bees of the family Apidae. Also, bumble bee. [1520 30; BUMBLE2 + BEE1] * * * Any member of two genera constituting the insect tribe Bombini (family Apidae, order Hymenoptera), found almost… …

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  • 10Hummel, die — Die Hummel, plur. die n, Diminut. das Hummelchen. 1) Eine Art großer, haariger, schwarzer und dicker Feldbienen, welche am Hinterleibe zuweilen gelbroth oder weißlich gestreift sind, ihre Nester in die Erde bauen, und sich durch ihr Hummen und… …

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