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BEE EATER
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Colorful chiefly tropical Old World bird having a strong graceful flight; feeds on especially bees
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("bee eater" is a kind of...):
coraciiform bird (chiefly short-legged arboreal nonpasserine birds that nest in holes)
Holonyms ("bee eater" is a member of...):
family Meropidae; Meropidae (bee-eaters)