STINGLESS BEE

Meaning of STINGLESS BEE in English

any of certain social, honey-producing tropical bees of the family Apidae, as of the genus Melipona, having a nonfunctional stinger.

[ 1855-60 ]

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

STINGLESS BEE — noun : any of numerous social bees of Melipona and related genera (family Apidae) mainly of tropical America that lack …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STINGLESS BEE — пчела безжальная (Melipona)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
STINGLESS BEE — пчела безжальная ( Melipona )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
STINGLESS — adjective Date: 1554 having no sting or stinger
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BEE — Any of some 20,000 insect species belonging to the superfamily Apoidea (order Hymenoptera), including the familiar bumblebee . Adults range …
Английский словарь Британика
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
STINGLESS — ˈstiŋlə̇s adjective : having no sting
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STINGLESS — (a.) Having no sting.
Английский словарь Webster
BEE — (n.) A neighborly gathering of people who engage in united labor for the benefit of an individual or family; as, …
Английский словарь Webster
STINGLESS — ( a. ) Having no sting.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
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
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
STINGLESS — adj. without a sting or stinger
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
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
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
STINGLESS — adjective Date: 1554 : having no sting or stinger
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
STINGLESS — adj having no sting.
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
STINGLESS — [sting.less] adj (1554): having no sting or stinger
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
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
BEE — bee /biː/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: beo ] 1 . a black and yellow …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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
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
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
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
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
BEE — сущ. 1) пчела killer bee ≈ трутень queen bee ≈ пчелиная матка worker bee ≈ рабочая пчела bees buzz, hum …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BEE — зоол. пчела, пчелиный - bee glue - double bee cell - killer bee
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
BEE — n 1. энт. пчела ( Apis mellifera ) female /queen/ bee - пчелиная матка working bee - пчела-работница bee escape …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BEE — сущ. 1) пчела killer bee — трутень queen bee — пчелиная матка worker bee — рабочая пчела bees buzz, hum …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
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
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
BEE — пчела; пчела ( Apis ) - andrenid bees - bifid-tongued bees - bumble bee - burrowing bees - carder bee …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
BEE — bee n AmE sl The cops never found the bee in his coat pocket Полицейские так и не нашли коробок …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
BEE — сущ. 1) пчела killer bee ≈ трутень queen bee ≈ пчелиная матка worker bee ≈ рабочая пчела bees buzz, hum …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
TRIGONA — I. trigona plural of trigonum II. tri·go·na trīˈgōnə noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, probably from feminine of Latin trigonus …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PILEA — I. ˈpīlēə, ˈpil- noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Latin pileus, pilleus felt cap; from the shape of a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KARBI — I. ˈkärbē noun ( -s ) Etymology: native name in Queensland, Australia : a small stingless wild bee ( Trigona …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SOCIAL BEE — noun : any of numerous bees (as the bumblebees, honeybees, and stingless bees) of the superfamily Apoidea that live together …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PARIETARIA — pəˌrīəˈta(a)rēə noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Late Latin, pellitory-of-the-wall, from feminine of parietarius of a wall, from Latin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MOSQUITO BEE — noun : stingless bee
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MELIPONA — mə̇ˈlipənə noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from meli- + -pona (from Greek ponein to toil) : a genus of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KOOTCHA — ˈküchə noun or koo·tchar -chə(r) ( -s ) Etymology: native name in Australia : a small stingless wild Australian honeybee …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CERUMEN — sə̇ˈrümən, sēˈ- noun ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin, irregular from Latin cera wax — more at cereus 1. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
APIDAE — ˈapəˌdē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Apis, type genus + -idae : a family of social bees …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STING — — stingingly , adv. — stingless , adj. /sting/ , v. , stung or ( Obs. ) stang; stung; stinging; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
KOOTCHAR — /kooh"cheuhr/ , n. any of several small, stingless Australian honeybees of the genus Trigona. [ 1880-85; guja ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DRONE — drone 1 — dronish , adj. /drohn/ , n. 1. the male of the honeybee and other bees, stingless and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DRONE — n. stingless male bee; UAV, unmanned small aircraft that is operated by remote control; monotone, low and continuous dull sound; …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
DRONE BEE — n. stingless male honeybee
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
HONEYBEE — in a broad sense, any insect of the tribe Apini (family Apidae, order Hymenoptera), which includes all bees that make …
Britannica English vocabulary
EUGLOSSINE BEE — ( tribeEuglossini ) also called orchid bee or long-tongued bee any of a large group of brightly coloured, bees important …
Britannica English vocabulary
STING — n. & v. --n. 1 a sharp often poisonous wounding organ of an insect, snake, nettle, etc. 2 a the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
STING — n. & v. n. 1 a sharp often poisonous wounding organ of an insect, snake, nettle, etc. 2 a the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
STING — n. & v. --n. 1. a sharp often poisonous wounding organ of an insect, snake, nettle, etc. 2 a the …
Oxford English vocab
HONEYBEE — n. Broadly, any bee that makes honey (any insect of the tribe Apini, family Apidae); more strictly, one of the …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MELIPONINI — stingless bees
Animal names in Latin and English vocab

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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