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CARPENTER BEE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large solitary bee that lays eggs in tunnels bored into wood or plant stems
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("carpenter bee" is a kind of...):
bee (any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species)
Holonyms ("carpenter bee" is a member of...):
genus Xylocopa; Xylocopa (carpenter bees)
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