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Definition of Beehives

beehive
Snail Snail (sn[=a]l), n. [OE. snaile, AS. sn[ae]gel, snegel, sn[ae]gl; akin to G. schnecke, OHG. snecko, Dan. snegl, Icel. snigill.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial air-breathing gastropods belonging to the genus Helix and many allied genera of the family Helicid[ae]. They are abundant in nearly all parts of the world except the arctic regions, and feed almost entirely on vegetation; a land snail. (b) Any gastropod having a general resemblance to the true snails, including fresh-water and marine species. See Pond snail, under Pond, and Sea snail. 2. Hence, a drone; a slow-moving person or thing. 3. (Mech.) A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally curved outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the position of, another part, as the hammer tail of a striking clock. 4. A tortoise; in ancient warfare, a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers; a testudo. [Obs.] They had also all manner of gynes [engines] . . . that needful is [in] taking or sieging of castle or of city, as snails, that was naught else but hollow pavises and targets, under the which men, when they fought, were heled [protected], . . . as the snail is in his house; therefore they cleped them snails. --Vegetius (Trans.). 5. (Bot.) The pod of the sanil clover. Ear snail, Edible snail, Pond snail, etc. See under Ear, Edible, etc. Snail borer (Zo["o]l.), a boring univalve mollusk; a drill. Snail clover (Bot.), a cloverlike plant (Medicago scuttellata, also, M. Helix); -- so named from its pods, which resemble the shells of snails; -- called also snail trefoil, snail medic, and beehive. Snail flower (Bot.), a leguminous plant (Phaseolus Caracalla) having the keel of the carolla spirally coiled like a snail shell. Snail shell (Zo["o]l.), the shell of snail. Snail trefoil. (Bot.) See Snail clover, above.
Beehive
Beehive Bee"hive`, n. A hive for a swarm of bees. Also used figuratively. Note: A common and typical form of beehive was a domeshaped inverted basket, whence certain ancient Irish and Scotch architectural remains are called beehive houses.

Meaning of Beehives from wikipedia

- harvesting, traditional beehives provided more beeswax, but far less honey than a modern hive. Four styles of traditional beehives are mud hives, clay/tile...
- Look up beehive in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A beehive is a structure in which bees live and raise their young. Beehive and Bee Hive may also refer...
- humans and elephants, the beehives can also serve as an additional source of income via the sale of the honey produced. Beehive fences were invented by...
- in 1986, although the Beehives folded a year before the league did due to their rink being sold and closed down. The Beehives were three time Sutherland...
- the beehive shelf, it is funneled into the receiving jar instead of being released elsewhere. The name derives from the design of early beehives made...
- Canlan Ice Sports Etobicoke and dropped "Toronto" from their name. On April 3, 2011, the Dixie Beehives officially ceased operations. Beehives Webpage...
- Jara beehives were placed in the middle of the forest high up in a Linden tree to protect the beehives from bears and other wild animals. Jara beehives were...
- father spends most of his time absorbed in tending to and writing about his beehives; her much younger mother is caught up in daydreams about a distant lover...
- resembles a beehive. The mountain is also known as the Big Beehive as there is a smaller beehive shaped mountain nearby called the Little Beehive. The mountain...
- Beehive Medical Electronics, later known as Beehive International, was a manufacturer of computer display terminals. The company was based in Salt Lake...