round dance

English

Noun

round dance (plural round dances)

1. (dance) A dance for couples with a whirling or revolving motion, such as the waltz or polka.

   Coordinate term: circle dance

2. (beekeeping) A repetitive, circular movement done by a foraging honey bee in process of communicating to other workers that it has located a significant and nearby food source.

   Coordinate terms: tremble dance, waggle dance, sickle dance

   • 1924 February, John H. Lovell, “The Odor of Flowers as a Means of Communication Among Bees”, in The American Bee Journal‎^[1], volume LXIV, number 2, Hamilton, page 76:

     The round dance is never performed on a comb on which there are none or only a few bees, but it always takes place in the midst of a dense throng.

Translations

dance for couples with a revolving motion

• Finnish: pyörivä tanssi
• German: Rundtanz (de) m, Kreistanz (de) m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: koło n

Further reading

• round dance on Wikipedia.Wikipedia