Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Xylocopa"

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) 1.7 (wn)

Xylocopa
n : carpenter bees [syn: {Xylocopa}, {genus Xylocopa}]

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