humblebee
[
huhm
-b
uh
l-bee]
/ˈhʌm bəlˌbi/
noun
,
Chiefly British
1.
bumblebee
.
Origin
1400-50;
late Middle English
humbul-be;
akin to
Dutch
hommel
drone,
German
Hummelbiene
kind of wild-bee,
Middle Low German
homelbe;
probably akin to
hum
British Dictionary definitions for
humblebee
bumblebee
/
ˈbʌmb
ə
lˌbiː
/
noun
1.
any large hairy social bee of the genus
Bombus
and related genera, of temperate regions: family
Apidae
Word Origin
C16: from
bumble
² +
bee
1
humblebee
/
ˈhʌmb
ə
lˌbiː
/
noun
1.
another name for the
bumblebee
Word Origin
C15: related to Middle Dutch
hommel
bumblebee, Old High German
humbal;
see
hum