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WORKER BEE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sterile bee specialized to collect food and maintain the hive
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("worker bee" is a kind of...):
worker (sterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for food and cares for the larvae)
Holonyms ("worker bee" is a member of...):
Apoidea; superfamily Apoidea (bees)