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/

• Audio (Southern England):

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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

• Asian green bee-eater
• bay-headed bee-eater
• chestnut-headed bee-eater
• European bee-eater
• rufous-crowned bee-eater

Translations

bird in the family Meropidae

• Akan: buronyanoma
• 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 Greek: μέροψ m (mérops)

• Hungarian: gyurgyalag (hu), piripió, méhészmadár (hu)
• Icelandic: býsvelgur (is) m
• 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)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: کەندەسمە (ckb) (kendesime)

• Latin: merops m
• Maltese: qerd in-naħal m
• Navajo: tsísʼná yiyání
• 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)

  Ottoman Turkish: آری قوشی (arı kuşu)

• 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