"carpenter bee" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: carpenter bees [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} carpenter bee (plural carpenter bees)
  1. A bee of the subfamily Xylocopinae, that burrows in dead wood. Categories (lifeform): Bees Derived forms: California carpenter bee (taxonomic: Xylocopa californica), eastern carpenter bee (taxonomic: Xylocopa virginica), great carpenter bee (taxonomic: Xylocopa virginica), small carpenter bee (taxonomic: Ceratina spp.), southern carpenter bee (taxonomic: Xylocopa micans), valley carpenter bee (taxonomic: Xylocopa varipuncta), violet carpenter bee (taxonomic: Xylocopa violacea) Translations (Xylocopinae): abella de la fusta [feminine] (Catalan), 木蜂 (mùfēng) (Chinese Mandarin), houtbij (Dutch), rautamehiläinen (Finnish), abeille charpentière [feminine] (French), Holzbiene [feminine] (German), ape legnaiola [feminine] (Italian), 호박벌 (hobakbeol) (Korean), lebah kayu (Malay), tsísʼnátsoh diłhiłígíí (Navajo), пчела́-пло́тник (pčelá-plótnik) [feminine] (Russian), ксилоко́па (ksilokópa) [feminine] (Russian), древогнёзд (drevognjózd) [masculine] (Russian), zingizi (Shona), abeja carpintera [feminine] (Spanish), bangbara (Sundanese), భ్రమరము (bhramaramu) (Telugu), แมลงภู่ (Thai), ong bầu (Vietnamese), gwenynen goedysol [feminine] (Welsh)

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      "sense": "Xylocopinae",
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