leaf-cutter bee

noun

A bee of the family Megachilidae that cuts fragments from leaves and uses them to build its nest.

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jelly-jelly beeleaf-cutting beeleaf-cutter
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Meanings

nounleaf-cutter bee (plural leaf-cutter bees)

plural leaf-cutter bees · alternative leafcutter bee

  1. A bee of the family Megachilidae that cuts fragments from leaves and uses them to build its nest.

    Synonyms: jelly-jelly bee, leaf-cutting bee

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA bee of the family Megachilidae that cuts fragments from leaves and uses them to build its nest.

Similar
jelly-jelly beeleaf-cutting bee

More synonyms by meaning

nounbee that cuts rounded pieces from leaves and flowers to line its nest

Similar
leaf-cutting beeleaf-cutter
Broader
bee
Also see
leaf-cutterleaf-cutting bee

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

leaf-cutter bee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leaf-cutter%20bee

MLA

“leaf-cutter bee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leaf-cutter%20bee. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “leaf-cutter bee,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leaf-cutter%20bee.

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