The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 plus 5 letter word BEE EATER
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Crossword Answer definitions
BEE EATER noun- Any of various brightly-coloured, insectivorous, near-passerine birds in the family Meropidae, especially the European bee-eater, Merops apiaster.