bumblebee

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The hum of this bumblebee is a frequent musical feature of the entertainment, and many is the dance that is set to its minstrelsy, as the burly insect darts in among the merrymakers and is off to his perch near by.

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  1. noun Any of various large, hairy, social bees of the genus Bombus that nest underground.

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  • He knows the bumblebee, the   blackbird, the bat and the wren. —  Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers, V9
  • And like the bumblebee, I kept flying and making honey on the side. —  CATCH ME IF YOU CAN - FRANK ABAGNALE JR.
  • Another bumblebee--Monk's ship--was wheeling around it The ballyhoo plane changed its course in obedience to the dot-and-dash signal on which Doc was taking bearings The bronze man made his small, characteristic trilling sound briefly. —  068 - Fortress Of Solitude
  • What the hell did a baby bumblebee -- the only lyric I might have been familiar with -- have to do with the clodhopper who just came onscreen? —  By Neddie Jingo!
  • Costumed as a bumblebee, a Cocker Spaniel named Kelly from Oscoda, Michigan, was the Grand Prize winner in the Second Annual Howl-O-Ween photo contest sponsored by Pet ......
 

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/ˈbəmblbi/
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