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European bee-eater

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Merops apiaster, a Mediterranean species of bee-eater.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

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23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: gargull — Merops apiaster
  • Albanian: babil — Merops apiaster
  • Albanian: bregcë — Merops apiaster
  • Albanian: brojcë — Merops apiaster
  • Albanian: grikëll — Merops apiaster
  • Albanian: zarigogë — Merops apiaster
  • Albanian: peligorgë — Merops apiaster
  • Albanian: bletore e verdhë — Merops apiaster
  • Middle Armenian: մեղուաքաղ (meġuakʻaġ) — Merops apiaster
  • Catalan: abellerol — Merops apiaster
  • Catalan: abellerola — Merops apiaster
  • Dutch: bijeneter — Merops apiaster
  • Fala: abejarucu — Merops apiaster
  • Finnish: mehiläissyöjä — Merops apiaster
  • French: guêpier d'Europe — Merops apiaster
  • Galician: abelleiro — Merops apiaster
  • German: Bienenfresser — Merops apiaster
  • Greek: ευρωπαϊκός μελισσοφάγος (evropaïkós melissofágos) — Merops apiaster
  • Korean: 유럽벌잡이새 (yureopbeoljabisae) — Merops apiaster
  • Navajo: tsísʼná yiyání bitsiitʼáád dibéłchíʼígíí — Merops apiaster
  • Russian: золоти́стая щу́рка (zolotístaja ščúrka) — Merops apiaster
  • Swedish: biätare — Merops apiaster
  • Welsh: gwybedog y gwenyn — Merops apiaster