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bee-eater
(redirected from European bee-eaters)

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bee-eat·er (btr)
n.
Any of various chiefly tropical Old World birds of the family Meropidae that have brightly colored plumage and feed on bees and wasps.
bee-eater
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any insectivorous bird of the family Meropidae of tropical and subtropical regions of the Old World, having a long downward-curving bill and long pointed wings and tail: order Coraciiformes (kingfishers, etc.)
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bee-eater
n (Orn) → Bienenfresser m


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