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GENUS APIS

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Apidae: honeybees

Synonyms:

Apis; genus Apis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Apis" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Apis"):

Apis mellifera; honeybee (social bee often domesticated for the honey it produces)

Holonyms ("genus Apis" is a member of...):

Apidae; family Apidae (honeybees; carpenter bees; bumblebees)

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