LEAF-CUTTING BEE

Meaning of LEAF-CUTTING BEE in English

noun

: any of various wild bees of the genus Megachile that cut rounded and oval pieces from the edges of leaves or petals to use in building their nests

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

LEAF-CUTTING BEE — any of the bees of the family Megachilidae that cut circular pieces from leaves or flowers to line their nests. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LEAF-CUTTING BEE — пчела-листорез (Megachile); pl пчёлы-листорезы (Megachilidae)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
LEAF-CUTTING BEE — пчела-листорез ( Megachile ) ; pl пчёлы-листорезы ( Megachilidae )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
LEAF — I Any flattened, green outgrowth from the stem of a vascular plant . Leaves manufacture oxygen and glucose , which …
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
LEAF — I. ˈlēf noun ( plural leaves ˈlēvz) Etymology: Middle English leef, from Old English lēaf; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CUTTING — I. noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from gerund of cutten to cut 1. : something cut or cut …
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
LEAF — — leafless , adj. — leaflike , adj. /leef/ , n. , pl. leaves /leevz/ , v. n. 1. one …
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
LEAF — I. ˈlēf noun ( plural leaves ˈlēvz ; also leafs ˈlēfs) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English leef, from Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CUTTING — I. ˈkə-tiŋ noun Date: 14th century 1. : something cut or cut off or out: as a. : a plant …
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
LEAF — vi to shoot out leaves; to produce leaves; to leave; as, the trees leaf in may. 2. leaf ·noun a …
Webster English vocab
CUTTING — adj adapted to cut; as, a cutting tool. 2. cutting ·adj severe; sarcastic; biting; as, a cutting reply. 3. cutting …
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
LEAF — [leaf] n, pl leaves also leafs often attrib [ME leef, fr. OE leaf; akin to OHG loub leaf] (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CUTTING — [cut.ting] n (14c) 1: something cut or cut off or out: as a: a plant section originating from stem, leaf, …
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
LEAF — in botany, any usually flattened, green outgrowth from the stem of a vascular plant. Leaves manufacture food for plants, which …
Britannica English vocabulary
CUTTING — cutting BrE AmE ˈkʌt ɪŋ AmE \ ˈkʌt̬ ɪŋ ▷ cutting|ly li ▷ cutting|s z ▶ ˌ cutting ˈ edge …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BEE — bee BrE AmE biː ▷ bees, bee's biːz ▶ ˌ bee's ˈ knees ▶ ˈ bee sting
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LEAF — / liːf; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun ( pl. leaves / liːvz; NAmE /) 1. [ C ] …
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
LEAF — I. leaf 1 S2 W2 /liːf/ BrE AmE noun ( plural leaves /liːvz/) [ Language: Old English ] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CUTTING — I. cut ‧ ting 1 /ˈkʌtɪŋ/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Word Family: noun : ↑ cut , ↑ cutting …
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
LEAF — n. & v. --n. (pl. leaves) 1 a each of several flattened usu. green structures of a plant, usu. on …
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
LEAF — n. & v. n. (pl. leaves) 1 a each of several flattened usu. green structures of a plant, usu. on …
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
LEAF — n. & v. --n. (pl. leaves) 1. a each of several flattened usu. green structures of a plant, usu. on …
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
LEAF — ( leaves, leafs, leafing, leafed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. The …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CUTTING — ( cuttings) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A cutting is 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
LEAF — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bus goes/leaves ▪ The last bus went ten minutes ago. a lettuce leaf …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CUTTING — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a newspaper clipping/cutting (= a story cut out of a newspaper ) ▪ I …
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
CUTTING — [noun] [C]A cutting (US also clipping) is an article which has been cut from a newspaper.The noticeboard was covered with …
Cambridge English vocab
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
CUTTING — I. noun 1 piece cut off from a plant ADJECTIVE ▪ leaf , root , stem VERB + CUTTING ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BEE — noun 1 flying insect ADJECTIVE ▪ bumble (usually bumblebee ) , honey , killer ▪ queen , worker ▪ angry …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
CUTTING — n. 25B6; noun a newspaper cutting : CLIPPING, clip, snippet; article, piece, column, paragraph. plant cuttings : SCION, slip; graft. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CUTTING — adj. 1 severe, biting, chill, cold, icy, frigid, freezing, raw, piercing, penetrating A cutting wind seemed to go right through …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
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
LEAF — 1. сущ. 1) лист; листва autumn leaves ≈ осенние листья deciduous leaves ≈ опадающие листья leaves fall ≈ листья падают …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CUTTING — 1. сущ. 1) любой вид работ по дереву, металлу или ткани, связанный с резанием или выпиливанием а) резание; рубка; тесание …
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
LEAF — leaf.ogg _I 1. li:f n ( pl leaves) 1. 1> лист leaf litter - опавшие листья; лесная подстилка leaf vein …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CUTTING — 1. ʹkʌtıŋ n 1. 1> резание; разрезание; вырезание cutting of the teeth - прорезывание зубов 2> надрез, разрез 2. 1> …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LEAF — 1) лист; тонкая пластинка 2) метал. листообразная формовочная лопатка 3) полотно ( двери ) 4) створка ( окна, двери, шлюзовых …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
CUTTING
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
LEAF — 1) лист; тонкая пластинка 2) метал. листообразная формовочная лопатка 3) полотно (двери) 4) створка (окна, двери, шлюзовых ворот) 5) крыло; пролёт (разводного моста) 6) ворота …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
CUTTING
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
LEAF — 1) лист 2) листовой 3) листовый 4) листочный 5) пластинчатый 6) пластичный 7) срывной 8) створка • break up the leaf — ломать чайный лист leaf vacuum filter — рамный …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
CUTTING — 1) бороздка 2) выруб, вырез 3) стружка 4) углубление, выемка; врез 5) подрубка 6) геод. засечка 7) гранение (драгоценных камней) 8) резка, разрезка, разрезание 9) обрезки; лоскуты 10) гравирование 11) …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
BEE — зоол. пчела, пчелиный - bee glue - double bee cell - killer bee
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
LEAF — leaf сущ.1) лист; листва autumn leaves — осенние листья deciduous leaves — опадающие листья leaves fall — листья падают leaves …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger

Webster's New International English Dictionary

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