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MEGACHILIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Megachilidae mean? 

MEGACHILIDAE (noun)
  The noun MEGACHILIDAE has 1 sense:

1. leaf-cutting and mason beesplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


MEGACHILIDAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Leaf-cutting and mason bees

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Megachilidae; Megachilidae

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Megachilidae"):

genus Megachile; Megachile (type genus of the Megachilidae: leaf-cutting bees)

mason bee (any of numerous solitary bees that build nests of hardened mud and sand)

Anthidium; genus Anthidium (potter bees)

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

Apoidea; superfamily Apoidea (bees)


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