bijeneter
Dutch
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Etymology
Compound of bij + -en- + eter.
Pronunciation
Noun
bijeneter m (plural bijeneters, diminutive bijenetertje n)
- bee-eater (any of various brightly-coloured, insectivorous, near-passerine birds of the family Meropidae)
- European bee-eater, Merops apiaster