Usually means: Laborer in a bee colony.
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  1. worker bee: Collins English Dictionary
  2. worker bee: Vocabulary.com
  3. worker-bee: Wordnik
  4. worker bee: Wiktionary
  5. worker bee: Dictionary.com
  6. Worker bee: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. worker bee: Rhymezone
  8. worker bee: FreeDictionary.org
  9. worker bee: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. worker bee: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. worker bee: Urban Dictionary

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▸ noun:  A sterile bee whose specialty is to support the hive, especially by collecting pollen.

Similar:
worker, queen bee, honeybee, hive bee, honey bee, beekeep, killer bee, buzz pollination, bee tree, beeling, more...

Opposite:
slacker, idler, loafer, lazybones

Adjectives:
apiarian, apian, croupy, beelike, swarmy, gnatlike, waspy, locustlike, nuc, ratlike, wormlike

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Similar:
worker, queen bee, honeybee, hive bee, honey bee, beekeep, killer bee, buzz pollination, bee tree, beeling, more...

Opposite:
slacker, idler, loafer, lazybones

Adjectives:
apiarian, apian, croupy, beelike, swarmy, gnatlike, waspy, locustlike, nuc, ratlike, wormlike



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