Psithyrus

See also: psithyrus

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ψίθυρος (psíthuros, “whispering, slanderous”).

Proper noun

Psithyrus m

  1. Cuckoo bees, which take over the nests of 'true' bumblebee queens and use the remaining workers to raise their offspring treated taxonomically as:
    1. A taxonomic genus within the family Apidae., or
    2. A taxonomic subgenus within the family Apidae – Bombus (Psithyrus)., or, formerly
    3. (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Apidae.

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