Associations to the word «Xylocopa»

Wiktionary

XYLOCOPA, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Apidae   — the carpenter bees.

Dictionary definition

XYLOCOPA, noun. Carpenter bees.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats