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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A bee of one of certain genera of the family Apidæ, such as Megachile or Anthocopa, which upholsters its cell with regularly cut bits of leaves or petals of flowers. Also called
leaf-cutter . See Megachile, leaf-cutter, and poppy-bee.
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