carpenter bee

English

carpenter bee emerging from burrow

Noun

carpenter bee (plural carpenter bees)

A bee of the genus Xylocopa, that burrows in dead wood.

Derived terms

(Xylocopa): small carpenter bee (Ceratina)
(Xylocopa violacea): violet carpenter bee

Translations

Xylocopa

Dutch: houtbij
French: abeille charpentière (fr) f
German: Holzbiene f
Italian: api carpentiere f
Korean: 호박벌 (hobakbeol)
Malay: lebah kayu

Navajo: tsísʼnátsoh diłhiłígíí
Shona: zingizi
Spanish: abeja carpintera f
Sundanese: bangbara
Telugu: భ్రమరము (te) (bhramaramu)
Vietnamese: ong bầu (vi)

References

carpenter bee on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Xylocopa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Xylocopa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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