bee-eater
noun/ˈbiː iːtəɹ/
Etymology From the diet of these birds, which consists of flying insects, especially bees and wasps.
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
- bay-headed bee-eater, chestnut-headed bee-eater, rufous-crowned bee-eater