| drone | 1. <zoology> The male of bees, especially. Of the honeybee. It gathers no honey. See Honeybee. "All with united force combine to drive The lazy drones from the laborious hive." (Dryden) 2. One who lives on the labors of others; a lazy, idle fellow; a sluggard. "By living as a drone,to be an unprofitable and unworthy member of so noble and learned a society." (Burton) 3. That which gives out a grave or monotonous tone or dull sound; as: A drum. Halliwell. The part of the bagpipe containing the two lowest tubes, which always sound the key note and the fifth. 4. A humming or deep murmuring sound. "The monotonous drone of the wheel." (Longfellow) 5. A monotonous bass, as in a pastoral composition. Origin: OE. Drane a dronebee, AS. Dran; akin to OS. Dran, OHG. Treno, G. Drohne, Dan. Drone, cf. Gr. A kind of wasp, dial. Gr. Drone. Prob. Named fr. The droning sound. See Drone. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| drone bee | <zoology> The male of the honeybee; a drone. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| drone fly | <zoology> A dipterous insect (Eristalis tenax), resembling the drone bee. See Eristalis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| drone f. |
Eristalis tenax.
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| drone | stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen |
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| drone | a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone |
| drone | an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control |
| drone | an unchanging intonation |
| drone | someone who takes more time than necessary |
| drone | talk in a monotonous voice |
| drone | make a monotonous low dull sound |
| drone | talk in a monotonous voice |
| drone | a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone |
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