WORKER BEE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sterile bee specialized to collect food and maintain the hive

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("worker bee" is a kind of...):

worker (sterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for food and cares for the larvae)

Holonyms ("worker bee" is a member of...):

Apoidea; superfamily Apoidea (bees)

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