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Definitions: BEE-EATER |
BEE-EATERNoun1. An African bird of the genus Rhinopomastes. 2. A bird of the genus Merops, that feeds on bees. The European species (M. apiaster) is remarkable for its brilliant colors. |
Date "BEE-EATER" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1871. (references) |
Crosswords: BEE-EATER |
| English words defined with "BEE-EATER": Mudwall. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "BEE-EATER": Promerops. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
| Bee-eaters | ||||||||||
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 European Bee-eater Merops apiaster | ||||||||||
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This is a group of birds which breeds in open country in tropical and sub-tropical regions of the Old World.
Just as the expressive name reveals, bee-eaters predominantly eat insects, especially bees, wasps and hornets, which are caught in the air by sallies from an open perch. Before eating its meal, a bee-eater removes the sting by repeatedly hitting the insect on a hard surface.
Bee-eaters are gregarious, nesting colonially in tunnels in sandy banks; the eggs are white. They also feed and roost communally.
The full list is:
Family: Meropidae
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Bee-eater."
| "BEE-EATER" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 88.89% of the time. "BEE-EATER" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 88.89% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 11.11% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 9 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "BEE-EATER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 蜂食者. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | biaeder (european bee-eater). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | bijeneter (european bee-eater). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | guêpier d'Europe (european bee-eater). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Bienenfresser (bee eater, european bee-eater). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | μελισσοφάγος (european bee-eater). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | gruccione (european bee-eater). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Korean | 꿀벌 먹ëŠ" 사람. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Manx | ushag ny shellanyn. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ee-eaterbay abelharuco-comum (european bee-eater). (various references) abejaruco común (european bee-eater). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Merops apiaster, RM:magliavieul. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "BEE-EATER" (pronounced 'Bee"-eat`er'): Acetifier, Acidifier, Aletaster, Almsgiver, Amplifier, Ant-eater, Anywhither, Armor-bearer, Backbiter, Backhander, Bagpiper, Ball-flower, Barkeeper, Barnburner, Barnstormer, Bartender, Base-burner, Basifier, Batfowler, Beaucatcher, Beautifier, Bedmaker, Bedswerver, Beefeater, Bellwether, Benefiter, Birdcatcher, Blackmailer, Blacksalter, Bloodflower, Bloodsucker, Bogsucker, Bondholder, Bookbinder, Bookholder, Bookkeeper, Bookmaker, Bookseller, Bootmaker, Bottleholder, Boxkeeper, Boycotter, Breechloader, Brickfielder, Bricklayer, Brickmaker, Bull-roarer, Bushfighter, Bushwhacker, Bystander. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-e-e-e-r-t" | |
-2 letters: beater, berate, rebate. | |
-3 letters: arete, beret, eater, taber. | |
-4 letters: abet, bare, bate, bear, beat, beer, beet, beta, brae, brat, bree, rate, rete, tare, tear, tree. | |
-5 letters: arb, are, art, ate, bar, bat, bee, bet, bra, ear, eat, era, ere, eta, rat, reb, ree, ret, tab, tae, tar, tea, tee. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-e-e-e-r-t" | |
+1 letter: beefeater. | |
+2 letters: beefeaters. | |
+3 letters: bereavement, decerebrate, reverberate. | |
+4 letters: bereavements, decerebrated, decerebrates, reverberated, reverberates. | |
+5 letters: beleaguerment, featherbedded, representable, reverberative. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 45 45 2D 45 41 54 45 52 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01000101 01000101 00101101 01000101 01000001 01010100 01000101 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B E E - E A T E R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0045 0045 002D 0045 0041 0054 0045 0052 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)363939153935543952 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage Frequency 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Translations: Ancient 6. Rhymes 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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