carpenter bee

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carpenter bee

Any of various solitary bees of the family Apidae that bore tunnels into wood to lay their eggs.

carpenter bee

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any large solitary bee of the genus Xylocopa and related genera that lays its eggs in tunnels bored into wood or in plant stems: family Apidae

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carpenter bee - large solitary bee that lays eggs in tunnels bored into wood or plant stems

bee - any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species

genus Xylocopa, Xylocopa - carpenter bees

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