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Definition of Bee eater
1. Noun. Colorful chiefly tropical Old World bird having a strong graceful flight; feeds on especially bees.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bee Eater
Literary usage of Bee eater
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1829)
"The Ruffed Bee-eater. (M. Amictus.) Col. 310. Top of the head, green; blue and pink,
... 14, seems allied to the Philippine Bee-eater. Coromandel Bee-eater. ..."
2. The Naturalist's Library edited by William Jardine (1840)
"... European Bee-Eater (Merops apiaster) is an elegant bird, and clothed in
brilliant colours, but with a stridulous and somewhat disagreeable cry. ..."
3. Travels in Some Parts of North America, in the Years 1804, 1805, & 1806 by Robert Sutcliff (1811)
"... of the Sun—Summer Dress—James Simpson—Shad Fishery—Bee-eater—Wild Grapes —
Crab Cyder — Hogs—Fire Flics. ..."
4. A History of British Birds by William Yarrell, Alfred Newton, Howard Saunders (1882)
"No specimen of the Bee-eater is recorded to have been killed in England I till
that exhibited to the Linnean Society by Sir JE Smith, which was shot at ..."
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