Cär'pen-ter-bee, n.
n. (Entom.) A hymenopterous insect of different species of the genus Xylocopa;— so called from the manner in which it forms its nest of pieces of decayed wood.
n. (Entom.) A hymenopterous insect of different species of the genus Xylocopa;— so called from the manner in which it forms its nest of pieces of decayed wood.