bijeneter

Dutch

bijeneter, Merops apiaster

Etymology

Compound of bij (“bee”) +‎ -en- +‎ eter (“eater”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛiə(n)eːtər/

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• Hyphenation: bij‧en‧eter

Noun

bijeneter m (plural bijeneters, diminutive bijenetertje n)

1. bee-eater (any of various brightly-coloured, insectivorous, near-passerine birds of the family Meropidae)
2. The European bee-eater, Merops apiaster

Derived terms

• groene bijeneter

Further reading

• bijeneter on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl