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xylocopa


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Xylocopa  \Xy*loc"o*pa\,  n.  [NL.,  fr  Gr  ?  cutting  wood;  xy`lon 
  wood  +  ?  to  cut.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  genus  of  hymenopterous  insects  including  the  carpenter.  See 
  {Carpenter  bee},  under  {Carpenter}.  --  {Xy*loc"o*pine},  a. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Xylocopa 
  n  :  carpenter  bees  [syn:  {Xylocopa},  {genus  Xylocopa}] 




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