leaf-cutter bee

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsleaf-cutting beeleaf-cutter

   Broaderbee

   Part ofMegachile

Questions about leaf-cutter bee

What does leaf-cutter bee mean?

leaf-cutter bee means "bee that cuts rounded pieces from leaves and flowers to line its nest".

What is another word for leaf-cutter bee?

Close synonyms include leaf-cutting bee, leaf-cutter. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is leaf-cutter bee a common word?

leaf-cutter bee is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.