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cuckoo-bumblebee

/ˈkʊk.uː ˈbʌm.bəl.biː/

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noun

/ˈkʊk.uː ˈbʌm.bəl.biː/C1formalscientific
  • ruСуществительное, обозначающее вид пчелы-паразита, откладывающей яйца в гнёзда шмелей.

A noun referring to a type of bee that is parasitic, laying its eggs in the nests of bumblebees.

  1. Parasitic bumblebeeC2formalscientific

    A type of bee that lays its eggs in the nests of other bumblebees, relying on the host colony to raise its young.

    ruПаразитический шмель

    • The cuckoo-bumblebee invades the nest of a true bumblebee to lay its eggs.
    • Unlike true bumblebees, the cuckoo-bumblebee does not produce its own workers.
    • Researchers observed a cuckoo-bumblebee entering a host nest undetected.

    Synonymspsithyrus

Forms
  • cuckoo-bumblebees plural form
  • cuckoo-bumblebees' possessive plural form
  • cuckoo-bumblebee's possessive singular form