"bee-eater" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbiː iːtəɹ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bee-eater.wav Forms: bee-eaters [plural]
Etymology: From the diet of these birds, which consists of flying insects, especially bees and wasps. Head templates: {{en-noun}} bee-eater (plural bee-eaters)
  1. Any of various brightly-coloured, insectivorous, near-passerine birds in the family Meropidae, especially the European bee-eater, Merops apiaster. Categories (lifeform): Coraciiforms Translations (bird in the family Meropidae): zog blete (Albanian), μέροψ (mérops) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), وَرْوَار (warwār) [masculine] (Arabic), abellaruelo (Aragonese), abellero (Aragonese), abellerol (Aragonese), abellarol (Aragonese), մեղվակեր (meġvaker) (Armenian), abeyaruco (Asturian), abellerol [masculine] (Catalan), жӏалин-къоьрг (žˀalin-qʼörg) (Chechen), 食蜂鳥 (Chinese Mandarin), 食蜂鸟 (shífēngniǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), 蜂虎科 (fēnghǔ-kē) (english: family) (Chinese Mandarin), vespaghju (Corsican), vispaghju (Corsican), vlha [feminine] (Czech), biæder [common-gender] (Danish), bijeneter [masculine] (Dutch), abelmanĝulo (Esperanto), meropo (Esperanto), abejarucu [masculine] (Fala), mehiläissyöjä (Finnish), guêpier [masculine] (French), meixengra (Galician), abellaruco (Galician), abelleiro (Galician), Bienenfresser [masculine] (German), μελισσοφάγος (melissofágos) [masculine] (Greek), gyurgyalag (Hungarian), piripió (Hungarian), méhészmadár (Hungarian), beachadóir [masculine] (Irish), gruccione [masculine] (Italian), vespiere [masculine] (Italian), ハチクイ (hachikui) (Japanese), ハチクイ科 (hachikui-ka) (english: family) (Japanese), 벌잡이새 (beoljabisae) (Korean), merops [masculine] (Latin), qerd in-naħal [masculine] (Maltese), tsísʼná yiyání (Navajo), آری قوشی (arı kuşu) (Ottoman Turkish), żołna [feminine] (Polish), abelharuco [masculine] (Portuguese), mejengra [feminine] (Portuguese), abelheiro (Portuguese), viespar (Romanian), albinărel [masculine] (Romanian), prigoare [feminine] (Romanian), prigorie [feminine] (Romanian), щу́рка (ščúrka) [feminine] (Russian), beachadair [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), abejaruco [masculine] (Spanish), biätare [common-gender] (Swedish), manunubing (Tagalog), parikparik (Tagalog), పచ్చరెక్క (paccarekka) (Telugu), arı kuşu (Turkish), trảu (Vietnamese), wespî [masculine] (Walloon), gwenynysor [masculine] (Welsh)
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  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bee, eater.
    Sense id: en-bee-eater-en-noun-oE8RVk1I
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: rufous-crowned bee-eater

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
          "word": "벌잡이새"
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          "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
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          "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
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          ],
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        },
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
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            "feminine"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "beachadair"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "abejaruco"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
          "word": "manunubing"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
          "word": "parikparik"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "paccarekka",
          "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
          "word": "పచ్చరెక్క"
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          "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
          "word": "arı kuşu"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
          "word": "trảu"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "wa",
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          "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
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            "masculine"
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bee, eater."
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      "word": "zog blete"
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      "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
      "word": "abellaruelo"
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      "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
      "word": "abellero"
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    {
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      "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
      "word": "abellerol"
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    {
      "code": "an",
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      "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
      "word": "abellarol"
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "meġvaker",
      "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
      "word": "մեղվակեր"
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      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
      "word": "abeyaruco"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "abellerol"
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    {
      "code": "ce",
      "lang": "Chechen",
      "roman": "žˀalin-qʼörg",
      "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
      "word": "жӏалин-къоьрг"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
      "word": "食蜂鳥"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shífēngniǎo",
      "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
      "word": "食蜂鸟"
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      "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
      "word": "蜂虎科"
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      "code": "co",
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      "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
      "word": "vespaghju"
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      "code": "co",
      "lang": "Corsican",
      "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
      "word": "vispaghju"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "vlha"
    },
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "biæder"
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      "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "bijeneter"
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      "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
      "word": "abelmanĝulo"
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      "code": "fax",
      "lang": "Fala",
      "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "abejarucu"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
      "word": "mehiläissyöjä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "guêpier"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
      "word": "meixengra"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
      "word": "abellaruco"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
      "word": "abelleiro"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Bienenfresser"
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      "roman": "melissofágos",
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      "word": "μελισσοφάγος"
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      "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
      "word": "gyurgyalag"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
      "word": "piripió"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
      "word": "méhészmadár"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "beachadóir"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "gruccione"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "vespiere"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
      "word": "ハチクイ"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
      "word": "ハチクイ科"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "beoljabisae",
      "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
      "word": "벌잡이새"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "merops"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "qerd in-naħal"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
      "word": "tsísʼná yiyání"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "arı kuşu",
      "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
      "word": "آری قوشی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "żołna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "abelharuco"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mejengra"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
      "word": "abelheiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
      "word": "viespar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "albinărel"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prigoare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prigorie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ščúrka",
      "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "щу́рка"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "beachadair"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "abejaruco"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "biätare"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
      "word": "manunubing"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
      "word": "parikparik"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "paccarekka",
      "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
      "word": "పచ్చరెక్క"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
      "word": "arı kuşu"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
      "word": "trảu"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wespî"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "bird in the family Meropidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gwenynysor"
    }
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  "word": "bee-eater"
}

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