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carpenter bees

carpenter bees is the plural of carpenter bee.

Meaning of carpenter bee

Noun

carpenter bee (plural carpenter bees)

  1. A bee of the subfamily Xylocopinae, that burrows in dead wood.

Questions about carpenter bees

What is carpenter bees the plural of?
Carpenter bees is the plural of carpenter bee.

Words near carpenter bees in the dictionary

  1. carpented
  2. carpenter
  3. carpenter ant
  4. carpenter ants
  5. carpenter bee
  6. carpenter bees
  7. Carpenter Gothic
  8. carpenter pencil
  9. carpenter pencils
  10. Carpenter syndrome
  11. Carpenter's Gothic

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