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Apidae

noun

honeybees; carpenter bees; bumblebees

• Syn: ↑family Apidae

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Apoidea, ↑superfamily Apoidea

• Member Meronyms:

↑Apis, ↑genus Apis, ↑Xylocopa, ↑genus Xylocopa, ↑Bombus, ↑genus Bombus, ↑Psithyrus, ↑genus Psithyrus

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\\ˈapəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Apis, type genus + -idae

: a family of social bees having the glossa and basal joints of the labial palpi elongate and including the common honeybees and the stingless bees, in some classifications also the bumblebees and some solitary bees, and formerly all the bees

Useful english dictionary. 2012.