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carpenter bee

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A bee of the subfamily Xylocopinae, that burrows in dead wood.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

large solitary bee that lays eggs in tunnels bored into wood or plant stems

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: bee

History

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Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: نَحْلَة نَجَّارَة — Xylocopinae
  • Arabic: نَحْل نَجَّار (naḥl najjār) — Xylocopinae
  • Bulgarian: дърводе́лска пчела́ (dǎrvodélska pčelá) — Xylocopinae
  • Catalan: abella de la fusta — Xylocopinae
  • Chinese Mandarin: 木蜂 (mùfēng) — Xylocopinae
  • Czech: drvodělka — Xylocopinae
  • Dutch: houtbij — Xylocopinae
  • Esperanto: ksilokopo — Xylocopinae
  • Finnish: rautamehiläinen — Xylocopinae
  • French: abeille charpentière — Xylocopinae
  • German: Holzbiene — Xylocopinae
  • Italian: ape legnaiola — Xylocopinae
  • Japanese: 熊蜂 (kumabachi) — Xylocopinae
  • Korean: 어리호박벌 (eorihobakbeol) — Xylocopinae
  • Malay: lebah kayu — Xylocopinae
  • Navajo: tsísʼnátsoh diłhiłígíí — Xylocopinae
  • Polish: zadrzechnia — Xylocopinae
  • Russian: пчела́-пло́тник (pčelá-plótnik) — Xylocopinae
  • Russian: ксилоко́па (ksilokópa) — Xylocopinae
  • Russian: древогнёзд (drevognjózd) — Xylocopinae
  • Shona: zingizi — Xylocopinae
  • Spanish: abeja carpintera — Xylocopinae
  • Sranan Tongo: wunwun — Xylocopinae
  • Sundanese: bangbara — Xylocopinae
  • Tày: bủng bút — Xylocopinae
  • Telugu: భ్రమరము (bhramaramu) — Xylocopinae
  • Thai: แมลงภู่ (má-lɛɛng-pûu) — Xylocopinae
  • Vietnamese: ong bầu — Xylocopinae
  • Welsh: gwenynen goedysol — Xylocopinae