seillean gearradair-dhuilleag

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

seillean (“bee”) +‎ gearradair (“cutter”) +‎ dhuilleag (“leaf”, lenited form of duilleag)

Noun

seillean gearradair-dhuilleag m

leafcutter bee (Family Megachilidae genus Megachile)[1]

See also

See also

References

Bauer, Mìchael. "Am Faclair Beag". Accessed 10 May 2015.
Edward Dwelly (1911) “seillean gearradair-dhuilleag”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 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

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