单词 | wax-worker |
释义 | wax-workern. A worker in wax. 1. A bee that makes wax. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > superfamily Apoidea (bees) > wax > bee that makes wax-maker1815 wax-worker1821 1821 J. G. Dalyell tr. F. Huber New Observ. Nat. Hist. Bees (ed. 3) ii. vii. 336 When hives are full of combs, the wax workers disgorge their honey into the ordinary magazines, making no wax. 2. A maker of waxwork (Worcester 1860). Derivatives ˈwax-ˈworking adj. (of a bee) making wax. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [adjective] > belonging to division Petiolata > belonging to division Anthophila > of or belonging to bees > that make wax wax-making1815 wax-working1827 1827 E. Bevan Honey-bee 367 The power of producing wax is common both to the nursing- and wax-working bees. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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