noun
bee that cuts rounded pieces from leaves and flowers to line its nest
• Syn: ↑leaf-cutter, ↑leaf-cutter bee
• Hypernyms: ↑bee
• Member Holonyms: ↑Megachile, ↑genus Megachile
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noun : any of various wild bees of the genus Megachile that cut rounded and oval pieces from the edges of leaves or petals to use in building their nests
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any of the bees of the family Megachilidae that cut circular pieces from leaves or flowers to line their nests.
[1795-1805]
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leaf-cutting bee,
= leaf-cutter bee. (Cf. ↑leaf-cutter bee)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.