seillean gearradair-dhuilleag
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Scottish Gaelic
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Etymology
[edit]seillean (“bee”) + gearradair (“cutter”) + dhuilleag (“leaf”, lenited form of duilleag)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]seillean gearradair-dhuilleag m
- leafcutter bee (Family Megachilidae genus Megachile)[1]
See also
[edit]See also
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Bauer, Mìchael. "Am Faclair Beag". Accessed 10 May 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Edward Dwelly (1911) “seillean gearradair-dhuilleag”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN; accessed on 10 May 2015.
- SCOTTISH INVERTEBRATE SPECIES KNOWLEDGE DOSSIER Hymenoptera: Aculeata Part 1 – Bees; accessed 10 May 2015