Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A stingless honey-bee, belonging to the genus Melipona, found in tropical America. It forms its nests in trees, and keeps its honey in cups about the size of pigeons' eggs.
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Examples
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If the altar is for an "angelito" or dead child, it will also include favorite toys and many white flowers.
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If the altar is for an "angelito" or dead child, it will also include favorite toys and many white flowers.
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If the altar is for an "angelito" or dead child, it will also include favorite toys and many white flowers.
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Hasta los padres andan de llorones por su ‘angelito’ como si no supieran lo que hacen, cárcel a todos, hasta a los menores.
Global Voices in English » Mexico: Young Graffiti Writers Arrested in Monterrey 2009
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Bill, where can we find cazon/angelito in Los Angeles?
Ricky's Fish Tacos - The One Man Stand e d b m 2009
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Por las noches, cara sucia de angelito con bluyín, vende rosas por las mesas del boliche de Bachín.
veruscio Diary Entry veruscio 2009
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A painting or photograph is then made which the family keeps on its home altar in remembrance of its own little "angelito."
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A painting or photograph is then made which the family keeps on its home altar in remembrance of its own little "angelito."
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But when the child dies, the parents say: Ah, he will be an angelito!
The Plumed Serpent 2003
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The relatives and neighbours flock in, to wish the parents joy on the possession of such an angel; and, during the first night, they all indulge in the most extravagant dances, and feast with sounds of wildest merriment before the _angelito_.
The Story of Ida Pfeiffer and Her Travels in Many Lands Anonymous
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