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Definition of Bee beetle
1. Noun. European beetle; infests beehives.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bee Beetle
Literary usage of Bee beetle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principles of Heredity with Some Applications by George Archdall O'Brien Reid (1905)
"... of a beetle of the family of the Blister-beetles or Cantharides, as we learnt
it first from Fabre. The female of the red-shouldered bee- beetle ..."
2. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1896)
"And all the thickets rustled with small life Of lizard, bee, beetle, and creeping
things. Pleased at the springtime. In the mango-sprays The sunbirds ..."
3. Mountain and moor by John Ellor Taylor, Josiah Wood Whymper (1879)
"... to be seen in the south of England, although common in the north and in
Scotland, is that known in the latter country by the name of the "Bee-beetle" ..."
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