waggle Meaning & Definition

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Meaning of waggle In English

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Examples of waggle

  • Further observations, we are told, showed that the bees performed a sort of 'waggle dance' in the hive itself to indicate the distance to sources of food.

  • Very often the driver goes one better than that, and the index finger is waggled in a sort of admonitory fashion at other drivers.

  • They can waggle the rudder as much as they like, but it will have no effect.

  • Observations have suggested that different species of honeybees have different dialects of the waggle dance, each species or subspecies dance varying by curve or duration.

  • Recruited foragers may waggle dance as well, increasing the recruitment for highly rewarding flower patches.

  • In bees, knowledgeable workers perform a waggle dance to guide naive workers to an identified food source.

  • In tropical habitats, honey bee foraging is severely impaired if waggle dancing is prevented.

  • They are ultimately successful and waggle the plane's wings, alerting the fighter.

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Translations of waggle In Other Languages

  • 中文繁体

    (使)上下(或左右)搖擺…

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  • 中文简体

    (使)上下(或左右)摇摆…

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  • Español

    menear(se), sacudir(se), meneo…

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  • Français

    remuer, remuement…

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  • Čeština

    kývat (se), kývání…

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  • Dansk

    vrikke, vippe, vrikken…

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  • Indonesia

    bergoyang, goyang…

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  • ภาษาไทย

    แกว่งไปมา, กระดิก, การแกว่งไปมา…

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