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Meanings of bumblebee in English

Portuguese
zangão
Catalan
abellot
Spanish
jorge

Robust hairy social bee of temperate regions.

zangão

A flying insect of the genus Bombus.

Synonyms
Examples for "humblebee"
Examples for "humblebee"
1
An intoxicated humblebee broke the silence by buzzing into Biddy's fluffed-out, corn-gold hair.
The Freelands
2
A humblebee from the Square Garden boomed in and buzzed idly round the room.
Saint's Progress
3
Humblebee and whortleberry for people that say Woos-ses-ter and Nor-wich.
The Poet at the Breakfast-Table
4
Mrs. Hastings fluttered ponderously, as humblebees fly.
Romance Island
5
The second crops of clover were already high; in them humblebees were hard at work; and, above, the white-throated swallows dipped and soared.
Beyond
Usage of bumblebee in English
1
Scientists are not certain what caused North American bumblebee populations to crash.
Reuters
2
The Fox was digging under an old tree and found a bumblebee.
Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building...
3
Both had the same bumblebee-colored warnings, but their associated crates were missing.
Hollow World
4
Mammals range in size from blue whales to Thailand's insect-sized bumblebee bat.
Reuters
5
And neither of us mentioned that she looked like a giant bumblebee.
Finger lickin' fifteen
6
Wearing new navy-and-white-striped sweater, feeling like some kind of nautical bumblebee.
Twitter wit: brilliance in 140 characters or less
7
Just then a great bumblebee flew by and now the call was clear.
The Magic Speech Flower / or Little Luke and His Animal Friends
8
She made me wear the bumblebee wings she had worn the previous Halloween.
The art of racing in the rain
9
A bumblebee blundered by Val's head on its way to visit the morning-glories.
Ralestone Luck
10
He says, Boys, a bumblebee is biggest when it's first born.
Woodcraft
11
It looked like a miniature bumblebee, about the size of my little fingernail.
The Irish Times
12
I couldn't leave the bumblebee to a slow and futile death.
The Guardian
13
We've got many years ahead of us, my sweet bumblebee.
Super Sad True Love Story: A Novel
14
The buzzer was snarling like a huge bumblebee above the head of the couch.
Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive; Or, Two Miles a Minute on...
15
Sir, -I can report seeing a bumblebee at Bohernabreena Cemetery on Christmas Day.
The Irish Times
16
A bumblebee flew in the open window and buzzed dangerously near the hero's head.
The Debtor: A Novel
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
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