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bee-mother

bee-mother is the alternative form of bee mother.

Meaning of bee mother

Noun

bee mother (plural bee mothers)

  1. (rare) A queen bee (perceived as the mother of the hive)
    • […] but how much more so when it must be acknowledged, that it is all owing to one female, and that this queen-bee, or bee-mother, alone, has given origin to such an immense progeny?1767, The complete Farmer

Forms of bee-mother

pluralbee-mothers

Questions about bee-mother

What is bee-mother the alternative form of?
Bee-mother is the alternative form of bee mother.

Words near bee-mother in the dictionary

  1. bee-keepers
  2. bee-line
  3. bee-lines
  4. bee-master
  5. bee-mistress
  6. bee-mother
  7. bee-sting
  8. bee-stings
  9. bee-stung
  10. bee-utiful
  11. Beeac

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