Definition of Humblebee

1. Noun. Robust hairy social bee of temperate regions.

Exact synonyms: Bumblebee
Generic synonyms: Bee
Group relationships: Bombus, Genus Bombus

Definition of Humblebee

1. n. The bumblebee.

Definition of Humblebee

1. Noun. A bumblebee. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Humblebee

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Humblebee

1. The bumblebee. Origin: OE. Humbilbee, hombulbe; cf. D. Hommel, G. Hummel, OHG. Humbal, Dan. Humle, Sw. Humla; perh. Akin to hum. Cf. Bumblebee. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Humblebee

humanzee
humanzees
humas
humate
humates
humation
humations
humberstonite
humbird
humbirds
humble
humble-bee
humble-bees
humble pie
humble plant
humblebee (current term)
humblebees
humbled
humblehead
humbleness
humblenesses
humbler
humblers
humbles
humblest
humbleth
humbling
humblingly
humblings

Literary usage of Humblebee

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Stepping Stones to Literature: A Reader for Seventh Grades by Sarah Louise Arnold, Charles Benajah Gilbert (1898)
"XLIII THE humblebee. BY RALPH WALDO EMERSON. RALPH WALDO EMERSON (1803-1882) is by some considered the greatest writer of America. He wrote essays and poems ..."

2. Glimpses of the Animate World, Or, Science and Literature of Natural History (1885)
"Therefore, shall we not grant to this sense modifications and perfections unknown to the touch of man?" THE humblebee. 1. ..."

3. Harper's First [-sixth] Reader edited by Orville T. Bright, James Baldwin (1889)
"Six millions of property were destroyed by the fire, and at least as much more was obtained by the Spaniards. LXXIV. THE humblebee. ..."

4. Folk Songs by John Williamson Palmer (1861)
"t> G TO THE humblebee. SYDNEY DOBELL. FINE bumblebee, fine bumblebee ! Where thou art is clime for me; Let them sail for Porto Rique, Far-off heats through ..."

5. Readings from Literature by Reuben Post Halleck, Elizabeth Graeme Barbour (1915)
"BURLY dozing humblebee! Where thou art is clime for me. Let them sail for Porto Rique,2 Far-off heats through seas to seek, I will follow thee alone, ..."

6. Songs of Nature by Richard Henry Stoddard, William Shakespeare (1873)
"BURLY, dozing, humblebee! Where thou art is clime for me; Let them sail for Porto Rique, Far-off heats through seas to seek. I will follow thee alone, ..."

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