Associations to the word «Apis»

Wiktionary

APIS, noun. Plural of API
APIS, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Apidae   — the honey bees.
APIS MELLIFERA, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Apidae   — the honey bee.

Dictionary definition

APIS, noun. Type genus of the Apidae: honeybees.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats