Meanings
nounWallace's giant bee (plural Wallace's giant bees)
plural Wallace's giant bees
- Megachile pluto, a very large Indonesian resin bee.
Origin
Originally collected by Alfred Russel Wallace in 1858.
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Wallace's giant bee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wallace's%20giant%20bee
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