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bee-eater

bee-eat·er
B b

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bee eet]
    • /bi it/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bee eet]
    • /bi it/

Definitions of bee-eater word

  • noun bee-eater any of several colorful birds of the family Meropidae, of the Old World tropics, that feed on bees and other insects. 1
  • noun bee-eater insect-eating bird 1
  • noun bee-eater Any of various brightly-coloured, insectivorous, near-passerine birds in the family Meropidae, especially the European bee-eater, Merops apiaster. 0

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Origin of bee-eater

First appearance:

before 1660
One of the 46% oldest English words
First recorded in 1660-70

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Bee-eater

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

bee-eater popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 47% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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