"bee sting" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-bee sting.ogg [Australia] Forms: bee stings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bee sting (plural bee stings)
  1. A hypodermic puncture from a bee, resulting in envenomation and often involving the penetration and lodging of the stinger. Synonyms: bee bite [informal], beesting Related terms: beestung Translations (puncture from a bee): 蜂蜇傷 (Chinese Mandarin), 蜂蜇伤 (fēngzhēshāng) (english: includes both bee and wasp stings) (Chinese Mandarin), ampiaisen pisto (note: "wasp sting" - also bee stings are commonly called this) (Finnish), mehiläisenpisto (english: precise term) (Finnish), Bienenstich [masculine] (German), puntura d'ape [feminine] (Italian), wero pī (Maori), bistikk (Norwegian), picada de abelha [feminine] (Portuguese), picadura de abeja [feminine] (Spanish), bienastegül (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-bee_sting-en-noun-BEiv4Ud8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of 'puncture from a bee': 98 2
  2. (slang, in the plural) Very small breasts. Tags: in-plural, slang Translations (very small breasts): 飛機場 (Chinese Mandarin), 飞机场 (fēijīchǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), hyttysenpistot [plural] (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-bee_sting-en-noun-2mH2rQW9 Disambiguation of 'very small breasts': 1 99

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