Humblebee

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Noun

HYPHEN

hum=ble=bee

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Humblebee has 1 sense

humblebee(n = noun.animal) bumblebee - robust hairy social bee of temperate regions;

is a kind of bee

is a member of bombus, genus bombus

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Humblebee, n. [OE. humbilbee, hombulbe; cf. D. hommel, G. hummel, OHG. humbal, Dan. humle, Sw. humla; perh. akin to hum. Bumblebee.].

The bumblebee. Shak. [1913 Webster]