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melittids

melittids is the plural of melittid.

Meaning of melittid

Noun

melittid (plural melittids)

  1. Any bee of the family Melittidae.
    • Regarding the transport sites, apids, melittids, ctenoplectrids, and megachilids all show little variation whereas the other bee families display wide variation.1992, David W. Roubik, editor, Ecology and Natural History of Tropical Bees, page 45

Questions about melittids

What is melittids the plural of?
Melittids is the plural of melittid.

Words near melittids in the dictionary

  1. melitose
  2. melitracen
  3. melitriose
  4. melitrioses
  5. melittid
  6. melittids
  7. melittin
  8. melittins
  9. melittological
  10. melittologist
  11. melittologists

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