humblebee
humblebee · humblebees
A bumblebeeA bumblebee.
Meaning
1 senses(archaic)A bumblebee.
1800's, Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Humblebee Burly, dozing humblebee, Where thou art is clime for me.
More definitions
- robust hairy social bee of temperate regions
Origin
From Middle English humbul-be, humbulbe, hombul-be, from *humbul (“bumblebee”) + be (“bee”From Middle English humbul-be, humbulbe, hombul-be, from *humbul (“bumblebee”) + be (“bee”).
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