Andrena

noun

An·​dre·​na

anˈdrēnə

: a genus (the type of the family Andrenidae) of burrowing solitary short-tongued bees including important pollinators of economic plants

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, probably irregular from Greek anthrēnē hornet, wasp

First Known Use

1806, in the meaning defined above

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