Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An upholsterer-bee, Anthocopa papaveris, which furnishes its nest with the petals of poppies. See cut under
upholsterer-bee .
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Examples
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"You haven't as much eye for color as a poppy-bee," I exclaimed, in a corresponding key, and looking up at Rose.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860 Various
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The poppy-bee is one of them, whose work is wonderful.
Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper and Other Stories Anonymous
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