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cuckoo-bumblebee

/ˈkʊk.uː ˈbʌm.bəl.biː/

Traduction: Nom désignant un type d'abeille ou de bourdon parasite qui pond ses œufs dans les nids d'autres bourdons.

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noun

C1formalcommonscientific/ˈkʊk.uː ˈbʌm.bəl.biː/

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

  • 🇫🇷Nom désignant un type d'abeille ou de bourdon parasite qui pond ses œufs dans les nids d'autres bourdons.
  1. Parasitic bumblebee C2 formal scientific

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

    • 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.

    🇫🇷bourdon coucou

    Synonymes: psithyrus

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