HyperDic: carpenter_bee

English > 1 sense of the expression carpenter bee:
NOUNanimalcarpenter beelarge solitary bee that lays eggs in tunnels bored into wood or plant stems
English > carpenter bee: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaninglarge solitary bee that lays eggs in tunnels bored into wood or plant stems.
Member ofXylocopa, genus Xylocopacarpenter bees
BroaderbeeAny of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species

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