Word Meanings - HUMBLEBEE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The bumblebee. Shak. (more info) hummel, OHG. humbal, Dan. humle, Sw. humla; perh. akin to hum. sq.

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• BUMBLEBEE
  A large bee of the genus Bombus, sometimes called humblebee; -- so named from its sound. Note: There are many species. All gather honey, and store it in the empty cocoons after the young have come out.
• HUMMEL
  To separate from the awns; -- said of barley.
• HUMMELER
  One who, or a machine which, hummels.