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bee-eater en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈbiː iːtəɹ/
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Etymology

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

Meanings

1. Any of various brightly-coloured, insectivorous, near-passerine birds in the family Meropidae, especially the European bee-eater, Merops apiaster.
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bee, eater.

Forms

Deriveds

rufous-crowned bee-eater · chestnut-headed bee-eater · bay-headed bee-eater

Translations (63)

pl żołna (bird in the family Meropidae) · es abejaruco (bird in the family Meropidae) · gl meixengra (bird in the family Meropidae) · ja ハチクイ (bird in the family Meropidae) · nv tsísʼná yiyání (bird in the family Meropidae) · hy մեղվակեր (bird in the family Meropidae) · ca abellerol (bird in the family Meropidae) · tr arı kuşu (bird in the family Meropidae) · ro viespar (bird in the family Meropidae) · eo abelmanĝulo (bird in the family Meropidae) · te పచ్చరెక్క (bird in the family Meropidae) · la merops (bird in the family Meropidae) · co vespaghju (bird in the family Meropidae) · fi mehiläissyöjä (bird in the family Meropidae) · mt qerd in-naħal (bird in the family Meropidae) · ro prigorie (bird in the family Meropidae) · grc μέροψ (bird in the family Meropidae) · hu gyurgyalag (bird in the family Meropidae) · ckb کەندەسمە (bird in the family Meropidae) · tl parikparik (bird in the family Meropidae) · cmn 食蜂鳥 /食蜂鸟 (bird in the family Meropidae) · sv biätare (bird in the family Meropidae) · de Bienenfresser (bird in the family Meropidae) · vi trảu (bird in the family Meropidae) · nl bijeneter (bird in the family Meropidae) · it vespiere (bird in the family Meropidae) · ja ハチクイ科 (bird in the family Meropidae) · cy gwenynysor (bird in the family Meropidae) · ak buronyanoma (bird in the family Meropidae) · cs vlha (bird in the family Meropidae) · ar وَرْوَار (bird in the family Meropidae) · an abellerol (bird in the family Meropidae) · ro prigoare (bird in the family Meropidae) · fax abejarucu (bird in the family Meropidae) · gl abellaruco (bird in the family Meropidae) · eo meropo (bird in the family Meropidae) · ga beachadóir (bird in the family Meropidae) · da biæder (bird in the family Meropidae) · cmn 蜂虎科 (bird in the family Meropidae) · gl abelleiro (bird in the family Meropidae) · an abellarol (bird in the family Meropidae) · an abellero (bird in the family Meropidae) · ro albinărel (bird in the family Meropidae) · wa wespî (bird in the family Meropidae) · pt mejengra (bird in the family Meropidae) · sq zog blete (bird in the family Meropidae) · is býsvelgur (bird in the family Meropidae) · gd beachadair (bird in the family Meropidae) · fr guêpier (bird in the family Meropidae) · ko 벌잡이새 (bird in the family Meropidae) · el μελισσοφάγος (bird in the family Meropidae) · tl manunubing (bird in the family Meropidae) · co vispaghju (bird in the family Meropidae) · ota آری قوشی (bird in the family Meropidae) · hu piripió (bird in the family Meropidae) · ast abeyaruco (bird in the family Meropidae) · hu méhészmadár (bird in the family Meropidae) · an abellaruelo (bird in the family Meropidae) · ru щу́рка (bird in the family Meropidae) · pt abelheiro (bird in the family Meropidae) · it gruccione (bird in the family Meropidae) · ce жӏалин-къоьрг (bird in the family Meropidae) · pt abelharuco (bird in the family Meropidae)