bumblebee
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 17
- Words With Friends
- 23
- Letters
- 9
Definition of bumblebee
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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Any of several species of large bee in the genus Bombus.
“The bumblebee's mane glowed in the morning light—each hair sharp and distinct to Eragon—and its blurred wings generated a gentle bombilation, like a tattoo played on a drum. Pollen powdered the bristles on its legs.”
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noun
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Any of several species of large bee in the genus Bombus.
“The bumblebee's mane glowed in the morning light—each hair sharp and distinct to Eragon—and its blurred wings generated a gentle bombilation, like a tattoo played on a drum. Pollen powdered the bristles on its legs.”
- A mid yellow, sometimes slightly orange.
- A layered drink with ice whose main ingredients are orange juice and espresso coffee.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
1520s from bumble + bee, replacing Middle English humbul-be. Merged with Middle English bombeln (“to boom, buzz”), in the late 14th century. The name of the drink is a semantic loan from Ukrainian джміль (džmilʹ).
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