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bumbee

bumbee is the alternative form of bumblebee.

Meaning of bumblebee

Noun

bumblebee (plural bumblebees)

  1. Any of several species of large bee in the genus Bombus.
    • The bumblebee's mane glowed in the morning light—each hair sharp and distinct to Eragon—and its blurred wings generated a gentle bombilation, like a tattoo played on a drum. Pollen powdered the bristles on its legs.2008, Christopher Paolini, “Rider and Ra'zac”, in Brisingr, page 69
  2. A mid yellow, sometimes slightly orange.
  3. A layered drink with ice whose main ingredients are orange juice and espresso coffee.

Forms of bumbee

pluralbumbees

Questions about bumbee

What is bumbee the alternative form of?
Bumbee is the alternative form of bumblebee.

Words near bumbee in the dictionary

  1. bumbasts
  2. bumbaze
  3. bumbazed
  4. bumbazes
  5. bumbazing
  6. bumbee
  7. bumbees
  8. bumbelo
  9. bumbelos
  10. Bumberrah
  11. Bumberry

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bumbee (page history and authors); bumblebee (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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