bumbee

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English

Noun

bumbee (plural bumbees)

  1. (Scotland) Alternative form of bumblebee
    • 1862, Donald Campbell, A Treatise on the Language, Poetry, and Music of the Highland Clans:
      I went to a gentleman's piper recently, to get the piob-reachd of Cill-a-Chriosd for this work, and received a specimen, which is a much better imitation of the inexpressive notes, eternally repeated, that would be made by three unfortunate bumbees or blue-bottles imprisoned in a tin snuffbox []