Meaning

1 senses

  1. Any bee having the kleptoparasitic behaviour of laying eggs in the nests of other bees.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. A cuckoo bee killed and replaced this hive's queen.

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  2. The hive was taken over by a cuckoo bee.

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Forms

plural: cuckoo bees
Singularcuckoo bee
Pluralcuckoo bees

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See also

neighbours in the dictionary
cuckoldcuckoocucumberB1cucurbitcud
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