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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. carpenter bees;
[syn: Xylocopa, genus Xylocopa]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Xylocopa \Xy*loc"o*pa\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? cutting wood; xy`lon wood + ? to cut.] (Zool.) A genus of hymenopterous insects including the carpenter. See Carpenter bee, under Carpenter. -- Xy*loc"o*pine, a. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Xylocopa n 1: carpenter bees [syn: Xylocopa, genus Xylocopa]