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PSITHYRUS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A large bee that resembles the bumblebee but lacks pollen-collecting apparatus and a worker caste
Synonyms:
genus Psithyrus; Psithyrus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Psithyrus" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Psithyrus"):
cuckoo-bumblebee (a bee that is parasitic in the nests of bumblebees)
Holonyms ("Psithyrus" is a member of...):
Apidae; family Apidae (honeybees; carpenter bees; bumblebees)