noun
a large bee that resembles the bumblebee but lacks pollen-collecting apparatus and a worker caste (Freq. 4)
• Syn: ↑genus Psithyrus
• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Apidae, ↑family Apidae
• Member Meronyms: ↑cuckoo-bumblebee
Useful english dictionary. 2012.