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birds and bees

birds and bees noun: informal education about sex.

Noun

birds and bees pl (plural only)

  1. (euphemistic, idiomatic, plural, plural-only) Informal education about sex.
    • We learned about birds and bees back in school.
    Synonyms:
    facts of life
  2. (euphemistic, idiomatic, plural, plural-only) Informal (by analogy) sex itself.
    • I had the birds and bees with your mother.

Synonyms of birds and bees

Forms of birds and bees

alternative formthe birds and the bees

Origin of birds and bees

Derived from analogies of pollination and egglaying for sexual intercourse and ovulation respectively.

Questions about birds and bees

What does birds and bees mean?
Birds and bees means informal education about sex.
What part of speech is birds and bees?
Birds and bees is a noun.

Words near birds and bees in the dictionary

  1. birdnests
  2. birdo
  3. birdos
  4. birdproof
  5. birds
  6. birds and bees
  7. birds of a feather
  8. birds of a feather flock together
  9. birds of ill omen
  10. birds of Jove
  11. birds of Juno

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