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APOIDEA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bees
Synonyms:
Apoidea; superfamily Apoidea
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Apoidea" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Apoidea"):
bee (any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species)
queen bee (fertile egg-laying female bee)
worker bee (sterile bee specialized to collect food and maintain the hive)
Apidae; family Apidae (honeybees; carpenter bees; bumblebees)
Andrenidae; family Andrenidae (a large family of solitary short-tongued bees most of which burrow in the ground)
family Halictidae; Halictidae (a family of small solitary bees; many are valuable pollinators for agriculture)
family Megachilidae; Megachilidae (leaf-cutting and mason bees)
Holonyms ("Apoidea" is a member of...):
Hymenoptera; order Hymenoptera (an order of insects including: bees; wasps; ants; ichneumons; sawflies; gall wasps; etc.)
