Definition of bumblebee
: any of numerous large robust hairy social bees (genus Bombus)
variants:
or less commonly
bumble bee
Updated on: 17 Jun 2018
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Covington also owns a four-foot bumblebee ball python, Max, and taken together calls his reptile trio Three the Hard Way.
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Flies buzz around the goose guts in my dogpot, and a big black bumblebee, and everywhere birds are chirping and singing — sparrows and robins and warblers flitting in the branches, rustling in dead leaves, busy setting up homes here on the hill.
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The owner hired an artist to paint it over with images of bumblebees, dragonflies and hourglasses — a nod to its location in the Hourglass District.
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Beyond the cockroach, other seemingly uninviting spectacles include a 5-foot-long bloodsucking bedbug, a very hairy bumblebee, and deadly red scorpions.
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Kailen has her own pack, too: a tiny one shaped like a bumblebee.
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Step one: Gently suck up the bumblebees with a special vacuum.
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There are dancing poodles and flying bumblebees, a monstrous chicken and a 30-foot dragon and lots and lots of delicious choreography.
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The mirror brims with brightness; a bumblebee has entered the room and bumps against the ceiling.
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First Known Use of bumblebee
1530
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Definition of bumblebee for Students
: a large hairy bee that makes a loud humming sound
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