noun
a large family of solitary short-tongued bees most of which burrow in the ground
• Syn: ↑family Andrenidae
• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Apoidea, ↑superfamily Apoidea
• Member Meronyms: ↑genus Andrena
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\\-renəˌdē, -ēn-\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: a large family of short-tongued bees which are solitary in habit and most of which burrow in the ground
Useful english dictionary. 2012.