Beebee

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of bibi. India, alt-of, alternative
  2. 2
    A ball bearing.

    "Flicking beebees across the visual field of a frog will increase its rate of tongue-flicking, but one should not infer from this experimental result that a function of frog tongue flicking is to catch beebees."

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"Flicking beebees across the visual field of a frog will increase its rate of tongue-flicking, but one should not infer from this experimental result that a function of frog tongue flicking is to catch beebees."

Etymology

Phonetic respelling of BB.

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ball bearing

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