β375Βομβυλιός
bumblebee, buzzing-insect
An animal, or the so-called besion. And a kind of bee, [sc. so called] from its buzzing [bombein]. It makes its combs from mud. The bombulios is an animal very much like the bee, named from the buzzing sound which it…
Βομβυλιός· ζῷον, ἢ τὸ βησίον λεγόμενον. καὶ εἶδος μελίσσης, παρὰ τὸ βομβεῖν. ἐκ πηλοῦ τὰ κηρία πλαττούσης. Βομβυλιός ζῷόν ἐστι παραπλήσιον μελίττῃ, ὠνομασμένον ἀπὸ τοῦ βόμβου, ὃν…