HyperDic: psithyrus

English > 1 sense of the word Psithyrus:
NOUNanimalPsithyrus, genus Psithyrusa large bee that resembles the bumblebee but lacks pollen-collecting apparatus and a worker caste
English > Psithyrus: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningA large bee that resembles the bumblebee but lacks pollen-collecting apparatus and a worker caste.
Synonymgenus Psithyrus
Member ofApidae, family Apidaehoneybees
Memberscuckoo-bumblebeeA bee that is parasitic in the nests of bumblebees
Broaderarthropod genusA genus of arthropods
Spanishgenus psithyrus, psithyrus
Catalangenus psithyrus, psithyrus

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