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A·pis
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hapi
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honeybee
any bee that collects and stores honey, especially Apis mellifera. -
killer bee
a honeybee, Apis mellifera adansonii, native to Africa, that is extremely aggressive and attacks in swarms when disturbed: brought to Brazil and accidentally released there in 1956. -
serapis
Also, Sarapis. a Greco-Egyptian deity combining the attributes of Osiris and Apis, identified in Egypt with the Ptolemies: later worshiped throughout the Greek and Roman empires. -
sinigrin
a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble solid, KC 1 0 H 1 6 NO 9 S 2 ⋅H 2 O, found chiefly in the seeds of the black mustard, that deters some insect predators.