Humblebee Definition
hŭmbəl-bē
noun
A bumblebee.
American Heritage
Webster's New World
1800's, Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Humblebee.
Burly, dozing humblebee,
Where thou art is clime for me.
Wiktionary
1859, Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species.
Hence I have very little doubt, that if the whole genus of humble-bees became extinct or very rare in England, the heartsease and red clover would become very rare, or wholly disappear.
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Other Word Forms of Humblebee
Noun
Singular:
humblebee
Plural:
humblebeesOrigin of Humblebee
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Middle English humbulbe possibly Middle Dutch hummel Middle English be, bee bee bee1
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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