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Halictus
noun
Ha·lic·tus
\həˈliktəs\
Definition of Halictus
: a cosmopolitan genus of gregarious but not social burrowing bees that provision the larval cells with pollen and nectar and include important pollinators of economic plants — see sweat bee
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Origin and Etymology of halictus
New Latin, irregular from Greek halizein to gather, assemble, from halēs assembled, pressed together
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