Humblebee

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

humblebee
    n 1: robust hairy social bee of temperate regions [syn:
         {bumblebee}, {humblebee}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Humblebee \Hum"ble*bee`\, n. [OE. humbilbee, hombulbe; cf. D.
   hommel, G. hummel, OHG. humbal, Dan. humle, Sw. humla; perh.
   akin to hum. [root]15. Cf. {Bumblebee}.] (Zool.)
   The bumblebee. --Shak.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bumblebee \Bum"ble*bee`\, n. [OE. bumblen to make a humming
   noise (dim. of bum, v. i.) + bee. Cf. {Humblebee}.] (Zool.)
   A large bee of the genus {Bombus}, sometimes called
   {humblebee}; -- so named from its sound.
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   Note: There are many species. All gather honey, and store it
         in the empty cocoons after the young have come out.
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