- cuckoo bee
- noun
: any of various apoid bees (as members of the family Nomadidae) that live especially in the larval stage as inquilines or parasites in the nests of other bees
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cuckoo bee
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cuckoo bee — n. (Zool.), a bee, parasitic in the larval stage in the nests of other bees, feeding either upon their food or larvae. They belong to the genera {Nomada}, {Melecta}, {Epeolus}, and others. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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cuckoo-bumblebee — n. 1. a bee that is parasitic in the nests of bumblebees. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cuckoo wasp — any of several small, metallic green or blue wasps of the family Chrysididae that deposit their eggs in nests of other wasps. * * * ▪ insect also called Ruby tailed Wasp, any member of the insect family Chrysididae (Chrysalidae) of the order… … Universalium
Cuckoo-roller — Taxobox name = Cuckoo Roller image caption = Female or juvenile cuckoo roller status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 status ref = [IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=47676|title=Leptosomus discolor|downloaded=11 May 2006… … Wikipedia
