"Psithyrus" meaning in Translingual

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Proper name

Etymology: From Ancient Greek ψίθυρος (psíthuros, “whispering, slanderous”). Etymology templates: {{der|mul|grc|ψίθυρος||whispering, slanderous}} Ancient Greek ψίθυρος (psíthuros, “whispering, slanderous”) Head templates: {{head|mul|proper noun|||g=m|g2=|head=Psithyrus|nogendercat=1}} Psithyrus m
  1. Cuckoo bees, which take over the nests of 'true' bumblebee queens and use the remaining workers to raise their offspring treated taxonomically as:
    A taxonomic genus within the family Apidae., or
    Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-Psithyrus-mul-name-AbZOBO5Y Categories (other): Taxonomic names needing vernacular names, Taxonomic names (genus), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Translingual entries with incorrect language header, Bees Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Translingual entries with incorrect language header: 32 37 32 Disambiguation of Bees: 33 33 33
  2. Cuckoo bees, which take over the nests of 'true' bumblebee queens and use the remaining workers to raise their offspring treated taxonomically as:
    A taxonomic subgenus within the family Apidae – Bombus (Psithyrus)., or, formerly
    Tags: masculine Hypernyms (subgenus): Hymenoptera (english: order), Apocrita (english: suborder), Apoidea (english: superfamily), Apidae (english: family), Apinae (english: subfamily), Bombini (english: tribe), Bombus (english: genus)
    Sense id: en-Psithyrus-mul-name-IQdMR-II Categories (other): Taxonomic names (subgenus), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Translingual entries with incorrect language header, Bees Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Translingual entries with incorrect language header: 32 37 32 Disambiguation of Bees: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of 'subgenus': 0 100 0
  3. Cuckoo bees, which take over the nests of 'true' bumblebee queens and use the remaining workers to raise their offspring treated taxonomically as:
    (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Apidae.
    Tags: archaic, masculine
    Sense id: en-Psithyrus-mul-name-vQHKVVIx Categories (other): Taxonomic names needing vernacular names, Taxonomic names (genus), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Translingual entries with incorrect language header, Bees Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Translingual entries with incorrect language header: 32 37 32 Disambiguation of Bees: 33 33 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms (genus): Bombus ashtoni, Bombus barbutellus, Bombus bohemicus, Bombus bohemicus bohemicus, Bombus campestris, Bombus chinensis, Bombus citrinus, Bombus coreanus, Bombus cornutus, Bombus fernaldae, Bombus flavidus, Bombus insularis, Bombus maxillosus, Bombus norvegicus, Bombus quadricolor, Bombus rupestris, Bombus skorikovi, Bombus suckleyi, Bombus sylvestris, Bombus tibetanus, Bombus turneri, Bombus variabilis, Bombus vestalis (english: species) Disambiguation of 'genus': 46 5 48
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