Definition of Potter bee

1. Noun. Solitary bee that builds nests of mud or pebbles cemented together and attached to a plant.

Generic synonyms: Bee
Group relationships: Anthidium, Genus Anthidium

Lexicographical Neighbors of Potter Bee

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pottages
potted
potted shrimp
potteen
potteens
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potter's clay
potter's earth
potter's field
potter's fields
potter's rot
potter's wheel
potter about
potter around
potter bee (current term)
potter wasp
pottered
pottered about
pottered around
potterer
potterers
potteress
potteresses
potteries
pottering
pottering about
pottering around
potteringly
potters

Literary usage of Potter bee

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New International Encyclopædia by Daniel Colt Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"POTTER-BEE. A mason bee of the genus Osmia and its allies, which constructs small globular cells of earth and attaches them to the stem of a plant in much ..."

2. Interesting Neighbors by Oliver Peebles Jenkins (1922)
"Because it makes these vases, it is called a potter-bee. Each of these sorts of bees, has wonderfully interesting ways of doing things. ..."

3. Geer's Hartford City Directory (1897)
"STRICKLAND & SHEA, 20 Potter. Bee paye 489. CHURCHES. Set Hit of Clergymen, paye 578. For Juli information regarding Раз- tort, Officer», etc., ..."

4. Thro' Lattice-windows by William James Dawson (1897)
"I, for one, can bear witness that, when I first made acquaintance with death, I found no peace till Potter- bee prayed in that dark room where the coffin ..."

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