mĕrops, ŏpis, m., = μέροψ,
a bird that devours bees; hence also called apiastra, the bee-eater , Verg. G. 4, 14; cf. Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 99.
merops opis, m , μέροψ, a bee-eater (a bird), V. ...
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