LEAF-CUTTING BEE

Meaning of LEAF-CUTTING BEE in English

any of the bees of the family Megachilidae that cut circular pieces from leaves or flowers to line their nests.

[ 1795-1805 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

LEAF-CUTTING BEE — noun : any of various wild bees of the genus Megachile that cut rounded and oval pieces from the edges …
Webster's New International 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

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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