genus Psithyrus

genus Psithyrus
noun
a large bee that resembles the bumblebee but lacks pollen-collecting apparatus and a worker caste
Syn: ↑Psithyrus
Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus
Member Holonyms: ↑Apidae, ↑family Apidae
Member Meronyms: ↑cuckoo-bumblebee

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  • Psithyrus — noun a large bee that resembles the bumblebee but lacks pollen collecting apparatus and a worker caste (Freq. 4) • Syn: ↑genus Psithyrus • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Apidae, ↑family Apidae …   Useful english dictionary

  • Psithyrus — Cuckoo bumblebees Bombus insularis Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia …   Wikipedia

  • arthropod genus — noun a genus of arthropods • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑Phalangium, ↑genus Phalangium, ↑Chelifer, ↑genus Chelifer, ↑Mastigoproctus, ↑genus Mastigoproctus, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Apidae — noun honeybees; carpenter bees; bumblebees • Syn: ↑family Apidae • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family • Member Holonyms: ↑Apoidea, ↑superfamily Apoidea • Member Meronyms …   Useful english dictionary

  • family Apidae — noun honeybees; carpenter bees; bumblebees • Syn: ↑Apidae • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family • Member Holonyms: ↑Apoidea, ↑superfamily Apoidea • Member Meronyms …   Useful english dictionary

  • cuckoo-bumblebee — noun a bee that is parasitic in the nests of bumblebees (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑bee • Member Holonyms: ↑Psithyrus, ↑genus Psithyrus …   Useful english dictionary

  • Bumble bee — For other uses, see Bumblebee (disambiguation) and Bombus (disambiguation). Bombus Bombus terrestris Scientific classification …   Wikipedia

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  • bumblebee — /bum beuhl bee /, n. any of several large, hairy social bees of the family Apidae. Also, bumble bee. [1520 30; BUMBLE2 + BEE1] * * * Any member of two genera constituting the insect tribe Bombini (family Apidae, order Hymenoptera), found almost… …   Universalium

  • Bombus cornutus — Taxobox name = Bombus cornutus regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Hymenoptera familia = Apidae genus = Bombus subgenus = (Psithyrus) species = B. cornutus binomial = Bombus cornutus binomial authority = (Frison, 1933)… …   Wikipedia

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