round dance
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
round dance (plural round dances)
- (dance) A dance for couples with a whirling or revolving motion, such as the waltz or polka.
- Coordinate term: circle dance
- (beekeeping) A repetitive, circular movement done by a foraging honey bee in process of communicating to other workers that it has located a significant and nearby food source.
- Coordinate terms: tremble dance, waggle dance, sickle dance
- 1924 February, John H. Lovell, “The Odor of Flowers as a Means of Communication Among Bees”, in The American Bee Journal[1], volume LXIV, number 2, Hamilton, page 76:
- The round dance is never performed on a comb on which there are none or only a few bees, but it always takes place in the midst of a dense throng.
Translations[edit]
dance for couples with a revolving motion
Further reading[edit]
- round dance on Wikipedia.Wikipedia