BEE FLY

Meaning of BEE FLY in English

noun

1. : any of numerous flies constituting a family (Bombyliidae) having many members resembling bees

2. : a fly ( Heterostylum robustum ) that parasitizes wild bees by laying its eggs in the nesting cells

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

BEE FLY — noun Date: 1753 any of a family (Bombyliidae) of dipteran flies many of which resemble bees
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BEE FLY — any of numerous dipterous insects of the family Bombyliidae, some of which resemble bees. [ 1850-55, Amer. ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BEE FLY — Date: 1753 : any of a family (Bombyliidae) of dipteran flies many of which resemble bees
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BEE FLY — Function: noun Date: 1753 : any of a family (Bombyliidae) of dipteran flies many of which resemble bees
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
BEE FLY — ■ noun a squat, hairy bee-like fly whose larvae are generally parasites of bees and wasps. [Family Bombyllidae: many species.]
Concise Oxford English vocab
BEE FLY — [bee fly] n (1852): any of a family (Bombyliidae) of dipteran flies many of which resemble bees
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BEE FLY — any insect of the family Bombyliidae (order Diptera). Many resemble bees, and most have long proboscises (feeding organs) that are …
Britannica English vocabulary
BEE-FLY — жужжало; pl жужжалы (Bombylidae)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
BEE-FLY — жужжало; pl жужжалы ( Bombylidae )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
FLY — I In general, almost any small flying insect. In entomology, the term refers specifically to the approximately 85,000 species of …
Английский словарь Британика
BEE — Any of some 20,000 insect species belonging to the superfamily Apoidea (order Hymenoptera), including the familiar bumblebee . Adults range …
Английский словарь Британика
FLY
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BEE — I. ˈbē noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English bēo; akin to Old High …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BEE — (n.) A neighborly gathering of people who engage in united labor for the benefit of an individual or family; as, …
Английский словарь Webster
BEE — ( n. ) A neighborly gathering of people who engage in united labor for the benefit of an individual or …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
FLY
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BEE — bee 1 — beelike , adj. /bee/ , n. 1. any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BEE — n. type of flying insect; gathering for the purpose of carrying out a certain task (quilting bee, spelling bee, etc.)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
FLY — I. ˈflī verb ( flew ˈflü ; flown ˈflōn ; fly·ing ) Etymology: Middle English flien, from Old English flēogan; …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BEE — I. ˈbē noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English bēo; akin to Old High German bīa bee, Old Irish bech, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FLY
Webster English vocab
BEE — p.p. of be; used for been. 2. bee ·noun pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the …
Webster English vocab
FLY — [fly] vb flew ; flown ; fly.ing [ME flien, fr. OE fleogan; akin to OHG fliogan to fly and prob. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BEE — [bee] n [ME, fr. OE beo; akin to OHG bia bee, OIr bech, Lith bitis] (bef. 12c) 1: honeybee; broadly: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BEE — bee BrE AmE biː ▷ bees, bee's biːz ▶ ˌ bee's ˈ knees ▶ ˈ bee sting
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FLY — / flaɪ; NAmE / verb , noun , adjective ■ verb ( flies , fly·ing , flew / fluː; NAmE …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BEE — / biː; NAmE / noun 1. a black and yellow flying insect that can sting. Bees live in large groups …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FLY — I. fly 1 S2 W2 /flaɪ/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense flew /fluː/, past participle flown /fləʊn $ floʊn/) …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BEE — bee /biː/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: beo ] 1 . a black and yellow …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FLY — n. (pl. flies) 1 any insect of the order Diptera with two usu. transparent wings. 2 any other winged insect, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FLY — v. & n. --v. (flies; past flew; past part. flown) 1 intr. move through the air under control, esp. with …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BEE — n. 1 any four-winged insect of the superfamily Apoidea which collects nectar and pollen, produces wax and honey, and lives …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FLY — n. (pl. flies) 1 any insect of the order Diptera with two usu. transparent wings. 2 any other winged insect, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FLY — v. & n. v. (flies; past flew; past part. flown) 1 intr. move through the air under control, esp. with …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BEE — n. 1 any four-winged insect of the superfamily Apoidea which collects nectar and pollen, produces wax and honey, and lives …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FLY — 1. v. & n. --v. (flies; past flew; past part. flown) 1. intr. move through the air under control, esp. …
Oxford English vocab
BEE — n.1 any four-winged insect of the superfamily Apoidea which collects nectar and pollen, produces wax and honey, and lives in …
Oxford English vocab
FLY — ( flies, flying, flew, flown) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BEE — ( bees) 1. A bee is an insect with a yellow-and-black striped body that makes a buzzing noise as it …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FLY — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a ball flies/sails ▪ The ball flew over the goalkeeper’s head and into the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BEE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES bee sting ▪ a bee sting spelling bee COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE africanized ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BEE — (INSECT) [noun] [C] - a flying insect which has a yellow and black body and four transparent wings. There are …
Cambridge English vocab
BEE — n. Any of some 20,000 insect species belonging to the superfamily Apoidea (order Hymenoptera), including the familiar bumblebee . Adults …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BEE — Synonyms and related words : boutade, bumblebee, conceit, cornhusking, crotchet, drone, fancy, freak, honeybee, hornet, humor, husking, idea, impulse, megrim, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BEE — noun 1 flying insect ADJECTIVE ▪ bumble (usually bumblebee ) , honey , killer ▪ queen , worker ▪ angry …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BEE — (deborah). (1:44; Judges 14:8; Psalms 118:12; Isaiah 7:18) Bees abounded in Palestine, honey being a common article of food (Psalms …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
FLY
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BEE — сущ. 1) пчела killer bee ≈ трутень queen bee ≈ пчелиная матка worker bee ≈ рабочая пчела bees buzz, hum …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FLY
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FLY — 1) полёт || летать; выполнять полёт; пилотировать 2) трелевать (транспортировать) ( брёвна ) канатной установкой 3) маховик, маховое колесо 4) …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
FLY — 1) полёт || летать; выполнять полёт; пилотировать 2) трелевать (транспортировать) (брёвна) канатной установкой 3) маховик, маховое колесо 4) картушка компаса 5) балансир, уравнительный маятник 6) …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
BEE — зоол. пчела, пчелиный - bee glue - double bee cell - killer bee
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
FLY — летать, пролетать; спешить; развевать(ся); улетать, исчезать (тж.fig); улепетывать; спасаться бегством муха; agric. coll. вредитель; полет; расстояние полета маятник; балансир; откидное …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
FLY
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BEE — n 1. энт. пчела ( Apis mellifera ) female /queen/ bee - пчелиная матка working bee - пчела-работница bee escape …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
FLY — I flaɪ сущ. 1) а) уст. любое насекомое - fly in amber - fly-eater - fly-speck - fly-wire Syn: bee …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
BEE — сущ. 1) пчела killer bee — трутень queen bee — пчелиная матка worker bee — рабочая пчела bees buzz, hum …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
FLY — I [§®µЎ] fly.wav сущ. 1) а) уст. любое насекомое - fly in amber - fly-eater - fly-speck - fly-wire Syn: bee, gnat, locust, moth б) любое двукрылое (не имеющее надкрыльев) …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
BEE — сущ. 1) пчела killer bee — трутень queen bee — пчелиная матка worker bee — рабочая пчела bees buzz, hum — пчелы жужжат bees sting — …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
FLY — 1) муха; pl мухи (Muscidae) 2) двукрылое 3) крылатое насекомое • - adder flies - ant fly - anthomyiid fly - anthomyzid fly - aphid fles - apple-seed chalcid …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
BEE — пчела; пчела (Apis) - andrenid bees - bifid-tongued bees - bumble bee - burrowing bees - carder bee - carpenter bee - cleaning bee - colletid bees - common …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
FLY — 1) муха; pl мухи ( Muscidae ) 2) двукрылое 3) крылатое насекомое • - adder flies - ant fly - …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
BEE — пчела; пчела ( Apis ) - andrenid bees - bifid-tongued bees - bumble bee - burrowing bees - carder bee …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
FLY — _I _n. 1> муха 2> _с-х. _собир. вредитель; a fly in the ointment - ложка дегтя в бочке меда; a …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция

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