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PSITHYRUS

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Meaning:

A large bee that resembles the bumblebee but lacks pollen-collecting apparatus and a worker caste

Synonyms:

genus Psithyrus; Psithyrus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Psithyrus" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Psithyrus"):

cuckoo-bumblebee (a bee that is parasitic in the nests of bumblebees)

Holonyms ("Psithyrus" is a member of...):

Apidae; family Apidae (honeybees; carpenter bees; bumblebees)

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