Xylocopa

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Xylocopa
    n 1: carpenter bees [syn: {Xylocopa}, {genus Xylocopa}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Xylocopa \Xy*loc"o*pa\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? cutting wood; xy`lon
   wood + ? to cut.] (Zool.)
   A genus of hymenopterous insects including the carpenter. See
   {Carpenter bee}, under {Carpenter}. -- {Xy*loc"o*pine}, a.
   [1913 Webster]