bee-eater
bee-eater · bee-eaters
щурка
Bienenfresser
Any of various brightly-coloured, insectivorous, near-passerine birds in the family…Any of various brightly-coloured, insectivorous, near-passerine birds in the family Meropidae, especially the European bee-eater, Merops apiaster.
/ˈbiː iːtəɹ/
Meaning
2 sensesAny of various brightly-coloured, insectivorous, near-passerine birds in the family Meropidae, especially the European bee-eater, Merops apiaster.
Bienenfresser
щу́ркаščúrka
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bee, eater.
Translations
8 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
bird in the family Meropidae:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
bird in the family Meropidae:
Origin
From the diet of these birds, which consists of flying insects, especially bees and wasps.From the diet of these birds, which consists of flying insects, especially bees and wasps.
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Forms
plural: bee-eaters| Singular | bee-eater |
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Word family
1 related wordsDerivedrufous-crowned bee-eater