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Leaf-cutter   /lif-kˈətər/   Listen
Leaf-cutter

noun
1.
Bee that cuts rounded pieces from leaves and flowers to line its nest.  Synonyms: leaf-cutter bee, leaf-cutting bee.





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"Leaf-cutter" Quotes from Famous Books



... this way, I happened to notice a plant with rounded leaves, and with queer little holes cut out in the middle of several of them. "Ah! the leaf-cutter bee," I carelessly remarked; you know I am very learned in natural history (for instance, I can always tell kittens from chickens at one glance); and I was passing on, when a sudden thought made me stoop down and examine the leaves ...
— St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 2, December, 1877 • Various


Words linked to "Leaf-cutter" :   leaf-cutting bee, bee, leaf-cutter bee, Megachile, genus Megachile


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