单词 | brood-cell |
释义 | > as lemmasbrood-cell brood-cell n. (a) a cell in a honeycomb, made for the reception of a larva, as distinguished from a honey-cell; (b) Botany, an asexually produced reproductive cell ( Funk's Stand. Dict. 1893). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > superfamily Apoidea (bees) > honeycomb > cell for reception of a larva brood-cell1884 1884 T. W. Cowan Brit. Bee-keeper's Guide Bk. (ed. 4) ii. 11 A small portion [of pollen] is used by the mature bees..for..capping brood-cells. 1901 A. Sutro tr. M. Maeterlinck Life of Bee iii. § 60. 163 There were both brood-cells and cells full of honey. < as lemmas |
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