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Webster 1913 Edition

Humblebee

Hum′ble-beeˊ

,

Noun.

[OE.

humbilbee

,

hombulbe

; cf. D.

hommel

, G.

hummel

, OHG.

humbal

, Dan.

humle

, Sw.

humla

; perh. akin to

hum

. √15. Cf.

.]

(Zool.)

The bumblebee.

Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Humblebee

HUM'BLEBEE

,

Noun.

[L. bombus, a buzzing.]

A bee of a large species, that draws its food chiefly from clover flowers.