megachile

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Megachile
    n 1: type genus of the Megachilidae: leaf-cutting bees [syn:
         {Megachile}, {genus Megachile}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Megachile \Meg"a*chile\, n. [Mega- + Gr. ? lip.] (Zool.)
   A leaf-cutting bee of the genus {Megachilus}. See {Leaf
   cutter}, under {Leaf}.
   [1913 Webster]