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BLACK BEE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does black bee mean?
• BLACK BEE (noun)
The noun BLACK BEE has 1 sense:
1. dark-colored ill-tempered honeybee supposedly of German origin
Familiarity information: BLACK BEE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Dark-colored ill-tempered honeybee supposedly of German origin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
black bee; German bee
Hypernyms ("black bee" is a kind of...):
Apis mellifera; honeybee (social bee often domesticated for the honey it produces)
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