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beach.

bee (a flying insect, of the clade Anthophila within the hymenopteran superfamily Apoidea, known for its organised societies (though only a minority have them), for collecting pollen and (in some species) producing wax and honey)

5 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

noun/bʲax/
  1. bee (a flying insect, of the clade Anthophila within the hymenopteran superfamily Apoidea, known for its organised societies (though only a minority have them), for collecting pollen and (in some species) producing wax and honey)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Old Irish bech, from Proto-Celtic *bikos (compare Middle Welsh beg-egyr, byg-egyr (“drone”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰik- (compare Proto-Slavic *bьčela), suffixed zero-grade of *bʰey- (compare Welsh by-daf (“beehive”), English bee).

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