Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- [bee eet]
- /bi it/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [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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