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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of bees, of the family Apidæ; one of several genera which collect pollen by means of the hind tibiæ, and which are known as mason-bees. A. sponsa is an example. See mason-bee.
  • noun [lowercase] Plural of anthophorum.

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