cràin-sheillean

Scottish Gaelic

Cràin-sheillean agus seilleanan-obrach
Queen bee (bottom left) and workers

Etymology

cràin (“female of any animal”) +‎ sheillean (“bee”, lenited form of seillean)

Noun

cràin-sheillean (genitive singular cràin-sheillein, plural cràin-sheilleanan)

  1. queen bee

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 bee in Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN; accessed on 9 May 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Bauer, Mìchael. bee in "Am Faclair Beag". Accessed 9 May 2015.
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