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beeling en · NOUN

Etymology

From bee + -ling.

Meanings

1. A small, young, or juvenile bee.
   • [...] in which the pollen is gathered and carried to the cells to feed the hungry little larvae or beelings when they are hatched from the egg. 1907, Henry Christopher McCook, Nature's craftsmen:
   • Herein must go an egg and food for the beeling that shall hatch therefrom. 1906, Harper's magazine, volume 113, page 593:

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