HyperDic: cuckoo-bumblebee

English > 1 sense of the word cuckoo-bumblebee:
NOUNanimalcuckoo-bumblebeea bee that is parasitic in the nests of bumblebees
English > cuckoo-bumblebee: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningA bee that is parasitic in the nests of bumblebees.
Member ofPsithyrus, genus PsithyrusA large bee that resembles the bumblebee but lacks pollen-collecting apparatus and a worker caste
BroaderbeeAny of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species

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