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bumble-bee|ˈbʌmb(ə)lˈbiː|
[f. stem of bumble v.1 + bee1; cf. bumble n.1]
A large bee of the genus Bombus; a humble-bee.
1530Palsgr. 460/1, I bomme, as a bombyll bee dothe. 1678H. More Lett. 25 May in Glanvil Sadduc. (1681) Hunting of Butter-flies and Bumble-bees. 1794S. Williams Vermont 129 There is a species called with us the bumble bee. 1881Proc. Berw. Nat. Club IX. No. 3. 571 A most unusual number of wasps and bumble bees. |