mellĭfer, fĕra, fĕrum, adj. [mel-fero],
honey-bearing, honey-producing, melliferous (pcet.): apes, Ov. M. 15, 383: exercitus, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 127.
mellifer fera, ferum, adj.mel+1 FER-, honey-bearing, melliferous : apes, O. ...
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