GENUS BOMBUS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Bumblebees

Synonyms:

Bombus; genus Bombus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Bombus" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Bombus"):

bumblebee; humblebee (robust hairy social bee of temperate regions)

Holonyms ("genus Bombus" is a member of...):

Apidae; family Apidae (honeybees; carpenter bees; bumblebees)