merops

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

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.

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