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BEE-EATER

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bee-eat⋅er

  [bee-ee-ter]
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–noun
any of several colorful birds of the family Meropidae, of the Old World tropics, that feed on bees and other insects.
Origin:
1660–70
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bee-eat·er   (bē'ē'tər)
n.  Any of various chiefly tropical Old World birds of the family Meropidae that have brightly colored plumage and feed on bees and wasps.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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