Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A stylops; an insect of the order Strepsiptera, the species of which are parasitic upon bees. Bees so infested are said to be stylopized. See
Stylops . - noun Some other insect parasitic upon bees, as a bee-louse or bee-wolf.
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Examples
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-- but I am afraid I shall hardly be able to do more than look at the bee-parasite.
The Poet at the Breakfast-Table Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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-- but I am afraid I shall hardly be able to do more than look at the bee-parasite.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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