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Megachile

noun

type genus of the Megachilidae: leaf-cutting bees

• Syn: ↑genus Megachile

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Megachilidae, ↑family Megachilidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑leaf-cutting bee, ↑leaf-cutter, ↑leaf-cutter bee

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\\ˌmegəˈkī(ˌ)lē\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from mega- + -chile (from Greek cheilos lip) — more at gill

: a genus (the type of the family Megachilidae) of leaf-cutting bees including some that are important pollinators of alfalfa and other legumes

Useful english dictionary. 2012.