orchid bee

English

Noun

orchid bee (plural orchid bees)

Any of various bees of the tribe Euglossini.
Orchid bees are the only group of corbiculate bees whose non-parasitic members do not all possess eusocial behavior.

See also

euglossine

Anagrams

bee orchid

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