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Xylocopa
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Xy-loc′o-pa
,Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] cutting wood;
ξύλον
wood + [GREEK] to cut.] (Zool.)
A genus of hymenopterous insects including the carpenter. See
– Carpenter bee
, under Carpenter
. Xy-loc′o-pine
, Adj.