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HUMBLEBEE

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hum⋅ble⋅bee

[huhm-buhl-bee]
–noun Chiefly British.
bumblebee.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME humbul-be; akin to D hommel drone, G Hummelbiene kind of wild-bee, MLG homelbe; prob. akin to hum
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hum·ble·bee   (hŭm'bəl-bē')   
n.  A bumblebee.

[Middle English humbulbe : possibly Middle Dutch hummel + Middle English be, bee, bee; see bee1.]
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