'Xylocopine' definitions:

Definition of 'Xylocopine'

From: GCIDE

Xylocopa \Xy*loc"o*pa\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? cutting wood; xy`lon wood + ? to cut.] (Zool.) A genus of hymenopterous insects including the carpenter. See Carpenter bee, under Carpenter. -- {Xy*loc"o*pine}, a. [1913 Webster]