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Meanings of genus xylocopa in English

Catalan
xylocopa
Spanish
género xylocopa

Carpenter bees.

        xylocopa
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        Examples for "Xylocopa"
        1
        Her work is exactly the same as the Xylocopa's, on a smaller scale.
        Bramble-Bees and Others
        2
        The habits and structure of the little green Ceratina ally it closely with Xylocopa.
        Our Common Insects / A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fie...
        3
        Among the guild of wood-workers, the most powerful is the Carpenter-bee (Xylocopa violacea (Cf.
        Bramble-Bees and Others
        4
        In the dead bough of a lilac-tree the dark-hued Xylocopa, the wood-boring bee, is busy tunnelling her gallery.
        Fabre, Poet of Science
        5
        Among the valley carpenter bees (Xylocopa varipuncta) of North America, the females are black and the males are yellow.
        BBC
        Translations for genus xylocopa