"cuckoo bee" meaning in All languages combined

See cuckoo bee on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: cuckoo bees [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cuckoo bee (plural cuckoo bees)
  1. Any bee having the kleptoparasitic behaviour of laying eggs in the nests of other bees.
    Sense id: en-cuckoo_bee-en-noun-iUbKRQoA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for cuckoo bee meaning in All languages combined (0.6kB)

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