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Xylocopa

noun

carpenter bees

• Syn: ↑genus Xylocopa

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Apidae, ↑family Apidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑carpenter bee

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\\zīˈläkəpə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek xylokopos woodcutter, from xyl- + -kopos (from koptein to cut off) — more at capon

: a genus of carpenter bees that is the type of the family Xylocopidae

Useful english dictionary. 2012.