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bee-sting — (n.) 1680s, from BEE (Cf. bee) + STING (Cf. sting) (n.). Related: Bee stung, which, of lips, is attested by 1845 … Etymology dictionary
Bee sting — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD9 = ICD9|989.5 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = A bee sting strictly means a sting from a bee (honey bee, bumblebee, sweat bee etc). In the… … Wikipedia
Bee sting (disambiguation) — Bee sting is the sting from a bee.Bee sting and similar may also refer to: * Beesting , a song by Ugly Casanova from their 2002 album Sharpen Your Teeth *Beestings, a word for colostrum, a form of milk produced in late pregnancy when lactation… … Wikipedia
bee sting — noun a sting inflicted by a bee • Hypernyms: ↑sting, ↑bite, ↑insect bite … Useful english dictionary
bee sting — prick from a bee, small stab of a stinger of a bee … English contemporary dictionary
Bee sting, Africanized — All stings from bees (and other large stinging insects such as yellow jackets, hornets and wasps) can trigger allergic reactions varying greatly in severity. Avoidance and prompt treatment are essential. This is surely so with Africanized honey… … Medical dictionary
bee — [bi:] n [: Old English; Origin: beo] 1.) a black and yellow flying insect that makes ↑honey and can sting you ▪ a swarm of bees ▪ a bee sting 2.) have a bee in your bonnet (about sth) informal to think something is so important, so necessary etc… … Dictionary of contemporary English
sting — bee·sting; sting; sting·a·ree; sting·er; sting·ing·ly; sting·ing·ness; sting·less; un·sting; … English syllables
Bee — Taxobox name = Bees image width = 200px image caption = Honeybee ( Apis mellifera ) collecting pollen regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Hymenoptera subordo = Apocrita superfamilia = Apoidea unranked genus = Anthophila … Wikipedia
sting — sting1 [stıŋ] v past tense and past participle stung [stʌŋ] [: Old English; Origin: stingan] 1.) [I and T] if an insect or a plant stings you, it makes a very small hole in your skin and you feel a sharp pain because of a poisonous substance ▪ He … Dictionary of contemporary English
