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Apoidea

noun

bees

• Syn: ↑superfamily Apoidea

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Hymenoptera, ↑order Hymenoptera

• Member Meronyms:

↑bee, ↑queen bee, ↑worker bee, ↑Apidae, ↑family Apidae, ↑Andrenidae, ↑family Andrenidae, ↑Halictidae, ↑family Halictidae, ↑Megachilidae, ↑family Megachilidae

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\\əˈpȯidēə, āˈp-, aˈp-\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Apis + -oidea

: a superfamily of Hymenoptera comprising the true bees — compare apidae, sphecoidea

Useful english dictionary. 2012.