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BOMBUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bombus mean? 

BOMBUS (noun)
  The noun BOMBUS has 1 sense:

1. bumblebeesplay

  Familiarity information: BOMBUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BOMBUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Bumblebees

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Bombus; genus Bombus

Hypernyms ("Bombus" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Bombus"):

bumblebee; humblebee (robust hairy social bee of temperate regions)

Holonyms ("Bombus" is a member of...):

Apidae; family Apidae (honeybees; carpenter bees; bumblebees)


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