Dictionary entry

Xylocopa

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖Xy‐loc″o‐pa (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. � cutting wood; ξύλον wood + � to cut.] (Zoöl.) A genus of hymenopterous insects including the carpenter. See Carpenter bee, under Carpenter. — Xy‐loc″o‐pine (#), a.