Bee-eater

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• bee-eater

  n. a bird-name. The European Bee-eater is Merops apiaster; the Australian species is Merops ornatus...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• wattled bee-eater

  See bee-eater. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• bee

  bee, the sound made by a sheep , Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 7; cf. balo. ...

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• Bee

  ·- ·p.p. of Be; — used for been. II. Bee ·noun Pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bows...

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• Bee

  First mentioned in Deut. 1:44. Swarms of bees, and the danger of their attacks, are mentioned in Ps....

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• bee

  An assemblage of people, generally neighbors, to unite their labors for the benefit of one individua...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• bee

  A ring or hoop of metal. ♦ Bees of the bowsprit. (See bee-blocks.) ...

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• Bee

  (deborah). (1:44; Judges 14:8; Psalms 118:12; Isaiah 7:18) Bees abounded in Palestine, honey being a...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Eater

  ·noun One who, or that which, eats. ...

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• Bee larkspur

  ·- (Bot.) ·see <<Larkspur>>. ...

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• Bee line

  ·- The shortest line from one place to another, like that of a bee to its hive when loaded with hone...

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• Dog bee

  ·- A male or drone bee. ...

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• Drone bee

  ·- The male of the honeybee; a drone. ...

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• bee-line

  To take a bee-line, is to take the most direct or straight way from one point to another. Bees in re...

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• bumble-bee

  The wild bee; also called the humble bee. In Yorkshire, England, to bumble means to make a humming n...

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• bee-blocks

  Pieces of hard wood bolted to the outer end of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through...

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• Ant-eater

  ·noun One of several species of edentates and monotremes that feed upon ants. ·see Ant-bear, <<Pango...

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• Lotos-eater

  ·noun One who ate the fruit or leaf of the lotus, and, as a consequence, gave himself up to indolenc...

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• Lotus-eater

  ·noun ·Alt. of Lotos-eater. ...

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• Man-eater

  ·noun One who, or that which, has an appetite for human flesh; specifically, one of certain large sh...

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• beef eater

  A yeoman of the guards, instituted by Henry VII. Their office was to stand near the bouffet, or cupb...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• toad eater

  A poor female relation, and humble companion, or reduced gentlewoman, in a great family, the standin...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• ant-eater

  n. 1) i.q. Ant-eating-Porcupine. See echidna. 2) The Banded Ant-eater (q.v.). ...

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• fig-eater

  n. a bird, i.q. grape-eater (q.v.). ...

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• fly-eater

  n. the new vernacular name for the Australianbirds of the genus Gerygone (q.v.), and see Warbler.Th...

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• grape-eater

  n. a bird, called formerly Fig-eater, now known as the Green-backedWhite-eye (q.v.), Zosterops goul...

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• honey-eater

  n. an Australian bird, with atongue specially adapted for being formed into a tube for theabsorptio...

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• fire-eater

  One notoriously fond of being in action; much humbled by iron-clads. ...

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• fog-eater

  A synonym of fog-dog and fog-bow. It may be explained as the clearing of the upper stratum, permitti...

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• ant-eater, banded

  See banded ant-eater. ...

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• banded ant-eater

  n. name given to a smallterrestrial and ant-eating marsupial, Myrmecobiusfasciatus, Waterh, found i...

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