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beeling

beeling noun: a small, young, or juvenile bee.

Noun

beeling (plural beelings)

  1. A small, young, or juvenile bee.
    • Herein must go an egg and food for the beeling that shall hatch therefrom.1906, Harper's magazine, volume 113, page 593
    • [...] in which the pollen is gathered and carried to the cells to feed the hungry little larvae or beelings when they are hatched from the egg.1907, Henry Christopher McCook, Nature's craftsmen

Forms of beeling

pluralbeelings

Origin of beeling

From bee + -ling.

Questions about beeling

What does beeling mean?
Beeling means a small, young, or juvenile bee.
What part of speech is beeling?
Beeling is a noun.
What is the plural of beeling?
The plural of beeling is beelings.

Words near beeling in the dictionary

  1. beelessness
  2. beelike
  3. beeline
  4. beelined
  5. beelines
  6. beeling
  7. beelings
  8. beelining
  9. beels
  10. beely
  11. Beelzeboul

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