"orchid bee" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: orchid bees [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} orchid bee (plural orchid bees)
  1. Any of various bees of the tribe Euglossini. Wikipedia link: orchid bee Related terms: euglossine
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Inflected forms

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