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Apis
King James Dictionary
A'PIS, n. In mythology, an ox, worshiped in ancient Egypt, or a divinity or idol in the figure of an ox.
A'PIS, n. 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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Entry for 'Apis'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/a/apis.html.