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HUMBLEBEE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does humblebee mean?
• HUMBLEBEE (noun)
The noun HUMBLEBEE has 1 sense:
1. robust hairy social bee of temperate regions
Familiarity information: HUMBLEBEE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Robust hairy social bee of temperate regions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
bumblebee; humblebee
Hypernyms ("humblebee" is a kind of...):
bee (any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species)
Holonyms ("humblebee" is a member of...):
Bombus; genus Bombus (bumblebees)
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