| NOUN | animal | superfamily Apoidea, Apoidea | bees |
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| Meaning | bees. | |
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| Synonym | Apoidea | |
| Member of | Hymenoptera, order Hymenoptera | An order of insects including |
| Members | Andrenidae, family Andrenidae | A large family of solitary short-tongued bees most of which burrow in the ground |
| Apidae, family Apidae | honeybees | |
| Halictidae, family Halictidae | A family of small solitary bees | |
| Megachilidae, family Megachilidae | leaf-cutting and mason bees | |
| bee | Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species | |
| queen bee | fertile egg-laying female bee | |
| worker bee | sterile bee specialized to collect food and maintain the hive | |
| Broader | arthropod family | Any of the arthropods |
| Spanish | Apoidea, superfamilia Apoidea | |
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