What does humblebee mean?
Humblebee means (obsolete) A bumblebee..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(obsolete) A bumblebee..
1800's, Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Humblebee Burly, dozing humblebee, Where thou art is clime for me.
The Fox, the Ape, and the Humble-Bee, Were ſtill at oddes being but three.
Hence I have very little doubt, that if the whole genus of humble-bees became extinct or very rare in England, the heartsease and red clover would become very rare, or wholly disappear.
Use humblebee when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Humblebee means (obsolete) A bumblebee..
Common synonyms include bumblebee.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
1800's, Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Humblebee Burly, dozing humblebee, Where thou art is clime for me.
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