| 单词 | leaf-cutter bee |
| 释义 | > as lemmasleaf-cutter bee leaf-cutter bee n. any of various solitary bees of the genus Megachile (family Megachilidae), which cut discs from leaves and petals and use them to line the cells of their nest burrows. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > superfamily Apoidea (bees) > member of family Megachilidae (leaf-cutter) leaf-cutting bee1763 leaf-cutter bee1781 upholsterer1830 1781 J. Barbut Les Genres des Insectes de Linné 265/1 Others dwell and work in solitude, building the cradles of their families; as the leaf-cutter bee does with the rose-tree leaf. 1815 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. I. 191 The leaf-cutter bee also (Apis centuncularis) by cutting pieces out..disfigures it [sc. the rose] considerably. 1909 Nation 30 Oct. 191/1 One of them bears the tell-tale snippet-mark of a leaf-cutter bee. 2003 Horticulture Mar. 20 Thousands of species of solitary bees, like mason bees, leafcutter bees, carpenter bees, and digger bees,..build and provision individual nests. < as lemmas |
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