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Solitary vs Megachilid - What's the difference?

solitary | megachilid |

As nouns the difference between solitary and megachilid

is that solitary is one who lives alone, or in solitude; an anchoret, hermit or recluse while megachilid is (zoology) any of the family megachilidae of mostly solitary bees whose scopa is restricted to the ventral surface of the abdomen.

As an adjective solitary

is living or being by one's self; alone; having no companion present; being without associates.

solitary

Noun

(solitaries)
  • One who lives alone, or in solitude; an anchoret, hermit or recluse.
  • Synonyms

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    Adjective

    (-)
  • Living or being by one's self; alone; having no companion present; being without associates.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=55, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= Obama goes troll-hunting , passage=The solitary , lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll.}}
  • Performed, passed, or endured alone; as, a solitary journey; a solitary life.
  • Not much visited or frequented; remote from society; retired.
  • Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted; silent; still; hence, gloomy; dismal.
  • the solitary desert
  • * Bible, Lam. i. 1
  • How doth the city sit solitary , that was full of people.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1931, author=
  • , chapter=1/1, title= Death Walks in Eastrepps , passage=Eldridge closed the despatch-case with a snap and, rising briskly, walked down the corridor to his solitary table in the dining-car.}}
  • Single; individual; sole.
  • (botany) Not associated with others of the same kind.
  • Derived terms

    * solitariness * solitary confinement * solitary sandpiper * solitary snipe * solitary thrush * solitary tinamou

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    megachilid

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (zoology) Any of the family Megachilidae of mostly solitary bees whose scopa is restricted to the ventral surface of the abdomen.