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APIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Apis mean?
• APIS (noun)
The noun APIS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Apidae: honeybees
Familiarity information: APIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Apidae: honeybees
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Apis; genus Apis
Hypernyms ("Apis" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Apis"):
Apis mellifera; honeybee (social bee often domesticated for the honey it produces)
Holonyms ("Apis" is a member of...):
Apidae; family Apidae (honeybees; carpenter bees; bumblebees)
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