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Webster 1913 Edition

Apis

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A′pis

,
Noun.
[L., bee.]
(Zool.)
A genus of insects of the order Hymenoptera, including the common honeybee (
Apis mellifica
) and other related species. See
Honeybee
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Apis

A'PIS

,
Noun.
In mythology, an ox, worshiped in ancient Egypt, or a divinity or idol in the figure of an ox.

A'PIS

,
Noun.
[L.] In zoology, the bee, a genus of insects, of the order of hymenopters. The mouth has two jaws, and a proboscis infolded in a double sheath; the wings are four, the two foremost covering the hinder ones when at rest. The females and working bees have a sting.

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