| 单词 | mosquito bee |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmosquito bee mosquito bee n. a very small tropical bee with a vestigial sting, belonging to the subfamily Meliponinae (family Apidae); also called stingless bee. ΚΠ 1899 D. Sharp in Cambr. Nat. Hist. VI. ii. 61 Some of these Insects [sc. Melipona] are amongst the smallest of bees, so that one, or more, species go by the name of ‘Mosquito-bees’. 1977 O. W. Richards & R. G. Davies Imms's Gen. Textbk. Entomol. (ed. 10) II. 1260 The Meliponinae,..known as ‘mosquito’ or ‘stingless’ bees: the latter expression, however, is a misnomer, since a vestigial sting is present. < as lemmas |
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