Carpenter-bee
11carpenter bee — noun Date: 1838 any of various solitary bees (genera Xylocopa and Ceratina) that nest in wood …
12Eastern carpenter bee — Taxobox name = Eastern Carpenter Bee image width = 200px image caption = Male Xylocopa virginica on Redbud ( Cercis canadensis ) regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Hymenoptera subordo = Apocrita superfamilia = Apoidea… …
13great carpenter bee — noun : a large carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica) of eastern and southern No. America about the size of a bumblebee but distinguished by a smooth shining abdomen …
14Carpenter — Car pen*ter, n. [OF. carpentier, F. charpentier, LL. carpentarius, fr. L. carpentum wagon, carriage.] An artificer who works in timber; a framer and builder of houses, ships, etc. Syn: {Carpenter}, {Joiner}. Usage: The carpenter frames and puts… …
15Carpenter ant — Carpenter Car pen*ter, n. [OF. carpentier, F. charpentier, LL. carpentarius, fr. L. carpentum wagon, carriage.] An artificer who works in timber; a framer and builder of houses, ships, etc. Syn: {Carpenter}, {Joiner}. Usage: The carpenter frames… …
16carpenter — c.1300 (attested from early 12c. as a surname), from O.N.Fr. carpentier (O.Fr., Mod.Fr. charpentier), from L.L. (artifex) carpentarius wagon (maker), from L. carpentum two wheeled carriage, cart, from Gaulish, from O.Celt. *carpentom (Cf. O.Ir.… …
17Bee — Taxobox name = Bees image width = 200px image caption = Honeybee ( Apis mellifera ) collecting pollen regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Hymenoptera subordo = Apocrita superfamilia = Apoidea unranked genus = Anthophila …
18bee — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A stinging, honey gathering insect] Social classes: queen, worker, drone (male). Varieties include: domestic: CaucAsian, Madagascar, three banded, three band golden, golden CaucAsian, black, Italian, German, Carniolan,… …
19carpenter — n. & v. n. a person skilled in woodwork, esp. of a structural kind (cf. JOINER). v. 1 intr. do carpentry. 2 tr. make by means of carpentry. 3 tr. (often foll. by together) construct; fit together. Phrases and idioms: carpenter ant any large ant… …
20bee — bee1 beelike, adj. /bee/, n. 1. any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc. 2. the common honeybee, Apis mellifera. 3. a community social… …
