dog-been.

Brit.

/ˈdɒɡbiː/, U.S.

/ˈdɔɡˌbi/,

/ˈdɑɡˌbi/

Forms: see dog n.¹ and bee n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dog n.¹, bee n.¹

Etymology: < dog n.¹ + bee n.¹ With sense 1 compare dog n.¹ 2. In sense 2 apparently partly with allusion to a dog as something large and coarse, and partly with the intended meaning ‘fly that bites dogs’; compare dogfly n.

1. A male honeybee or drone. Now rare.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > superfamily Apoidea (bees) > drone

droneOE

dog-bee1530

humbledory1555

dronel1575

dumble bee?1577

dronet1583

siren1601

cephen1623

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 214/2 Doggebee, bourdon.

1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Dog-bee, a drone, or male bee.

1880 All Year Round 5 June 91/1 A dog-bee, for instance, is a drone—a coarse, common, inferior bee that makes no honey.

1922 M. Webb Seven for Secret xvii. 166 ‘A dog-bee, and a queen-bee, and two workers... Yo bein' the queen,’ he explained, and him the dog-bee, which is to say, the drone.’

†2. A fly, as a horsefly or a fly that bites dogs. Cf. dogfly n. 1. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > member of > unspecified

path-fly1634

toddy fly1681

dog-bee1838

1838 J. Bosworth Dict. Anglo-Saxon Lang. Hundes-beo, dog-bee, dog or horse-fly.

1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) Dog-bee, a fly troublesome to dogs.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dog-bee
释义	dog-been. Brit. /ˈdɒɡbiː/, U.S. /ˈdɔɡˌbi/, /ˈdɑɡˌbi/ Forms: see dog n.¹ and bee n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dog n.¹, bee n.¹ Etymology: < dog n.¹ + bee n.¹ With sense 1 compare dog n.¹ 2. In sense 2 apparently partly with allusion to a dog as something large and coarse, and partly with the intended meaning ‘fly that bites dogs’; compare dogfly n. 1. A male honeybee or drone. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > superfamily Apoidea (bees) > drone droneOE dog-bee1530 humbledory1555 dronel1575 dumble bee?1577 dronet1583 siren1601 cephen1623 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 214/2 Doggebee, bourdon. 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Dog-bee, a drone, or male bee. 1880 All Year Round 5 June 91/1 A dog-bee, for instance, is a drone—a coarse, common, inferior bee that makes no honey. 1922 M. Webb Seven for Secret xvii. 166 ‘A dog-bee, and a queen-bee, and two workers... Yo bein' the queen,’ he explained, and him the dog-bee, which is to say, the drone.’ †2. A fly, as a horsefly or a fly that bites dogs. Cf. dogfly n. 1. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > member of > unspecified path-fly1634 toddy fly1681 dog-bee1838 1838 J. Bosworth Dict. Anglo-Saxon Lang. Hundes-beo, dog-bee, dog or horse-fly. 1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) Dog-bee, a fly troublesome to dogs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1530
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