bee-eater

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• /ˈbiː iːtəɹ/
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From the diet of these birds, which consists of flying insects, especially bees and wasps.

62 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: zog blete — bird in the family Meropidae
• Arabic: وَرْوَار (warwār) — bird in the family Meropidae
• Aragonese: abellaruelo — bird in the family Meropidae
• Aragonese: abellero — bird in the family Meropidae
• Aragonese: abellerol — bird in the family Meropidae
• Aragonese: abellarol — bird in the family Meropidae
• Armenian: մեղվակեր (meġvaker) — bird in the family Meropidae
• Asturian: abeyaruco — bird in the family Meropidae
• Catalan: abellerol — bird in the family Meropidae
• Chechen: жӏалин-къоьрг (žˀalin-qʼörg) — bird in the family Meropidae
• Chinese Mandarin: 食蜂鳥 /食蜂鸟 (shífēngniǎo) — bird in the family Meropidae
• Chinese Mandarin: 蜂虎科 (fēnghǔ-kē) — bird in the family Meropidae
• Corsican: vespaghju — bird in the family Meropidae
• Corsican: vispaghju — bird in the family Meropidae
• Czech: vlha — bird in the family Meropidae
• Danish: biæder — bird in the family Meropidae
• Dutch: bijeneter — bird in the family Meropidae
• Esperanto: abelmanĝulo — bird in the family Meropidae
• Esperanto: meropo — bird in the family Meropidae
• Fala: abejarucu — bird in the family Meropidae
• Finnish: mehiläissyöjä — bird in the family Meropidae
• French: guêpier — bird in the family Meropidae
• Galician: meixengra — bird in the family Meropidae
• Galician: abellaruco — bird in the family Meropidae
• Galician: abelleiro — bird in the family Meropidae
• German: Bienenfresser — bird in the family Meropidae
• Greek: μελισσοφάγος (melissofágos) — bird in the family Meropidae
• Ancient Greek: μέροψ (mérops) — bird in the family Meropidae
• Hungarian: gyurgyalag — bird in the family Meropidae
• Hungarian: piripió — bird in the family Meropidae
• Hungarian: méhészmadár — bird in the family Meropidae
• Icelandic: býsvelgur — bird in the family Meropidae
• Irish: beachadóir — bird in the family Meropidae
• Italian: gruccione — bird in the family Meropidae
• Italian: vespiere — bird in the family Meropidae
• Japanese: ハチクイ (hachikui) — bird in the family Meropidae
• Japanese: ハチクイ科 (hachikui-ka) — bird in the family Meropidae
• Korean: 벌잡이새 (beoljabisae) — bird in the family Meropidae
• Central Kurdish: کەندەسمە (kendesime) — bird in the family Meropidae
• Latin: merops — bird in the family Meropidae
• Maltese: qerd in-naħal — bird in the family Meropidae
• Navajo: tsísʼná yiyání — bird in the family Meropidae
• Polish: żołna — bird in the family Meropidae
• Portuguese: abelharuco — bird in the family Meropidae
• Portuguese: mejengra — bird in the family Meropidae
• Portuguese: abelheiro — bird in the family Meropidae
• Romanian: viespar — bird in the family Meropidae
• Romanian: albinărel — bird in the family Meropidae
• Romanian: prigoare — bird in the family Meropidae
• Romanian: prigorie — bird in the family Meropidae
• Russian: щу́рка (ščúrka) — bird in the family Meropidae
• Scottish Gaelic: beachadair — bird in the family Meropidae
• Spanish: abejaruco — bird in the family Meropidae
• Swedish: biätare — bird in the family Meropidae
• Tagalog: manunubing — bird in the family Meropidae
• Tagalog: parikparik — bird in the family Meropidae
• Telugu: పచ్చరెక్క (paccarekka) — bird in the family Meropidae
• Turkish: arı kuşu — bird in the family Meropidae
• Ottoman Turkish: آری قوشی (arı kuşu) — bird in the family Meropidae
• Vietnamese: trảu — bird in the family Meropidae
• Walloon: wespî — bird in the family Meropidae
• Welsh: gwenynysor — bird in the family Meropidae