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bum⋅ble⋅bee

  [buhm-buhl-bee]
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–noun
any of several large, hairy social bees of the family Apidae.
Also, bumble bee.

Origin:
1520–30; bumble 2 + bee 1
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Word Origin & History

bumble-bee 
1530, replacing M.E. humbul-be, alt. by assoc. with M.E. bombeln "to boom, buzz," echoic, from PIE base *kem "to hum," echoic.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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