cuckoo-bumblebee has definitions from the field of zoology
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[ noun ] (zoology) a bee that is parasitic in the nests of bumblebees

Used in print

(B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)

Bumblebees can thus suffer severely from the onslaughts of Psithyrus , the `` cuckoo_bumblebee '' as it is called in some European_countries .

Related terms

bee Psithyrus

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