bee-eater

English

European bee-eaters (Merops apiaster)

Etymology

From the diet of these birds, which consists of flying insects, especially bees and wasps.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiː iːtəɹ/

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Noun

bee-eater (plural bee-eaters)

1. Any of various brightly-coloured, insectivorous, near-passerine birds in the family Meropidae, especially the European bee-eater, Merops apiaster.
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bee,‎ eater.

Derived terms

• rufous-crowned bee-eater

Translations

bird in the family Meropidae

Albanian: zog blete Arabic: وَرْوَار m (warwār) Aragonese: abellaruelo, abellero, abellerol, abellarol Armenian: մեղվակեր (hy) (meġvaker) Asturian: abeyaruco Catalan: abellerol (ca) m Chechen: жӏалин-къоьрг (žˀalin-qʼörg) Chinese: Mandarin: 食蜂鳥 / 食蜂鸟 (shífēngniǎo), 蜂虎科 (fēnghǔ-kē) (family) Corsican: vespaghju, vispaghju Czech: vlha (cs) f Danish: biæder c Dutch: bijeneter (nl) m Esperanto: abelmanĝulo (eo), meropo Fala: abejarucu m Finnish: mehiläissyöjä (fi) French: guêpier (fr) m Galician: meixengra, abellaruco (gl), abelleiro (gl) German: Bienenfresser (de) m Greek: μελισσοφάγος (el) m (melissofágos) Ancient: μέροψ m (mérops) Hungarian: gyurgyalag (hu), piripió, méhészmadár (hu) Irish: beachadóir m Italian: gruccione (it) m, vespiere m Japanese: ハチクイ (hachikui), ハチクイ科 (hachikui-ka) (family) Korean: 벌잡이새 (beoljabisae) Latin: merops m Maltese: qerd in-naħal m Navajo: tsísʼná yiyání Ottoman Turkish: آری قوشی (arı kuşu) Persian: please add this translation if you can Polish: żołna (pl) f Portuguese: abelharuco (pt) m, mejengra (pt) f, abelheiro (pt) Romanian: viespar (ro), albinărel (ro) m, prigoare (ro) f, prigorie (ro) f Russian: щу́рка (ru) f (ščúrka) Scottish Gaelic: beachadair m Spanish: abejaruco (es) m Swedish: biätare (sv) c Tagalog: manunubing, parikparik Telugu: పచ్చరెక్క (paccarekka) Turkish: arı kuşu (tr) Vietnamese: trảu (vi) Walloon: wespî (wa) m Welsh: gwenynysor m

References

• bee-eater on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Meropidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Meropidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons