bee eater

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   colorful chiefly tropical Old World bird having a strong graceful flight; feeds on especially bees

   Broadercoraciiform bird

   Part ofMeropidae

Questions about bee eater

What does bee eater mean?

bee eater means "colorful chiefly tropical Old World bird having a strong graceful flight; feeds on especially bees".

Is bee eater a common word?

bee eater is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.