单词 | mason bee |
释义 | > as lemmasmason bee mason bee n. [compare French abeille maçonne (1742)] any of various solitary bees of the family Megachilidae, esp. of the genera Osmia and Hoplitis, which construct nests of sand and other particles stuck together, usually in cavities. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > superfamily Apoidea (bees) > member of family Anthophoridae mason bee1774 cuckoo-bee1836 wasp-bee1844 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > superfamily Apoidea (bees) > member of family Megachilidae (leaf-cutter) > of genus Osmia or Chalicidoma (mason-bee) mason bee1774 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VIII. 93 Mason Bees make their cells with a sort of mortar, made of earth. 1867 Intellectual Observer No. 60. 415 Mason-bees of the genus Anthophora. 1891 Pall Mall Gaz. 28 Dec. 6/1 Processional caterpillars,..mason bees, carpenter bees, and such small fry. 1991 B. Anderson Girls High (1992) viii. 89 She stared at the structured groups of white cells in the corners of the unlined walls.—Mason bees, she gulped. < as lemmas |
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