bee-eater
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- noun
- /ˈbiːˌiːtər/
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- The brightly colored bee-eater swooped down to catch a buzzing insect mid-air.
- a carmine bee-eater
Examples
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Sounds good ... in a "Hey, was that a Rainbow Bee-eater that just went by?
Blog text (22) -
However, one little bee eater chick survived the attack and is now hatching.
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Loeries and colorful bee-eaters flitted among the stately ash trees with barely a rustle of bright wings or dark leaves.
Fiction book (1999) -
Very large birds, such as the flamingo, secretary bird, bustard, crane, pelican, or the stork, and very small birds, such as the bee-eater, sunbird, and swallow, tend not to be killed as a practical matter.
Academic text (1998) -
In the tropics, you can often see bee-eaters perched on branches, waiting to snatch their prey.
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During the summer, the bee-eater nests in burrows in sandy banks near the river.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bee-eater comes straight from the English parts bee and eater, and it literally means 'bee eater', a bird that catches and eats bees and other flying insects. So the name tells you exactly what the bird does.