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orchid bee

orchid bee noun: any of various bees of the tribe Euglossini.

Noun

orchid bee (plural orchid bees)

  1. Any of various bees of the tribe Euglossini.
    • Orchid bees are the only group of corbiculate bees whose non-parasitic members do not all possess eusocial behavior.

Forms of orchid bee

pluralorchid bees

Questions about orchid bee

What does orchid bee mean?
Orchid bee means any of various bees of the tribe Euglossini.
What part of speech is orchid bee?
Orchid bee is a noun.
What is the plural of orchid bee?
The plural of orchid bee is orchid bees.

Words near orchid bee in the dictionary

  1. orchets
  2. orchi
  3. orchialgia
  4. orchic
  5. orchid
  6. orchid bee
  7. orchid bees
  8. Orchid Island
  9. orchid tree
  10. orchid trees
  11. orchidaceous

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