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Xylocopa

noun
Xy·​loc·​o·​pa | \ zīˈläkəpə\

Definition of Xylocopa

: a genus of carpenter bees that is the type of the family Xylocopidae

History and Etymology for Xylocopa

New Latin, from Greek xylokopos woodcutter, from xyl- + -kopos (from koptein to cut off)

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