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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A sacred bull of the ancient Egyptians, acting as an intermediary between Ptah and humans.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A genus of melliferous or anthophilous aculeate hymenopterous insects, the type of family Apidœ and of the suborder Mellifera or Anthophila; the hive-bees. The genus was formerly coextensive with these groups, but is now by successive detachments of other genera limited to the hive-bee (Apis mellifica) and its immediate relatives. See
bee , and cut underApidœ . - n. The sacred bull of the ancient Egyptians, to which divine honors were paid. The bull sought out by the priests for this purpose was required to be black with a triangular white spot on the forehead, and with numerous other marks which denoted the true Apis.
- n. A small southern constellation situated between the Cross and the Chameleon. Same as Musca.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Zoöl.) A genus of insects of the order Hymenoptera, including the common honeybee (Apis mellifica) and other related species. See honeybee.
WordNet 3.0
- n. type genus of the Apidae: honeybees
Examples
“But the sacred bulls, the one called Apis and the other Mnevis, were dedicated to Osiris, and it was ordained that they should be worshipped as gods in common by all the Egyptians, since these animals above all others had helped the discoverers of corn in sowing the seed and procuring the universal benefits of agriculture.”
“But the sacred bulls, the one called Apis and the other”
“They thought that the great God lived among them in the shape of a bull with one spot on his back like an eagle, and one on his tongue like a beetle; and this creature they called Apis, and tended with the utmost care.”
The Chosen People A Compendium of Sacred and Church History for School-Children
“But the sacred bulls, the one called Apis and the other Mnevis, were dedicated to”
“Dimitrijevic ( "Apis" - the "Holy Bull" was his endearing nickname, or, perhaps, the bee, from the Latin root, as Petrovic, the attache to the Serbia legation in London has it in "Black Hand Over Europe" by Heneri Pozzi) planned it all in 1901.”
“But the sacred bulls, the one called Apis and the other Mnevis, were dedicated to Osiris, and it was ordained that they should be worshipped as gods in common by all the Egyptians, since these animals above all others had helped the discoverers of corn in sowing the seed and procuring the universal benefits of agriculture. ”
“The scene is being repeated throughout the country, where honeybees, scientifically known as Apis mellifera, are required to pollinate a third of the nation's food crops, including almonds, cherries, blueberries, pears, strawberries and pumpkins.”
“This calf which is called Apis is black and has the following signs, namely a white square427 upon the forehead, and on the back the likeness of an eagle, and in the tail the hairs are double, and on428 the tongue there is a mark like”
““I can forsee great fights when I get back,” he wrote to Hopwood from his last camp at a site called Apis Rock.”
“This calf which is called Apis is black and has the following signs, namely a white square [23] upon the forehead, and on the back the likeness of an eagle, and in the tail the hairs are double, and on [24] the tongue there is”
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