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mining bee

mining bee noun: any of very many species of bee, of the genus Andrena, that nest in burrows.

mining bee: any of very many species of bee, of the genus Andrena, that nest in burrows
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Noun

mining bee (plural mining bees)

  1. Any of very many species of bee, of the genus Andrena, that nest in burrows.

Forms of mining bee

pluralmining bees

Questions about mining bee

What does mining bee mean?
Mining bee means any of very many species of bee, of the genus Andrena, that nest in burrows.
What part of speech is mining bee?
Mining bee is a noun.
What is the plural of mining bee?
The plural of mining bee is mining bees.

Words near mining bee in the dictionary

  1. minimycin
  2. minination
  3. mininations
  4. Mininera
  5. mining
  6. mining bee
  7. mining bees
  8. mining camp
  9. mining camps
  10. mining communities
  11. mining community

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