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1 merops
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2 Merops ornatus
ENG rainbow bee-eater, (rainbow bird)NLD Australische bijeneter, prachtbijeneter, regenboogvogelGER SchmuckspintFRA guepier d'Australie -
3 apiastra
bee-eater, bird that lies in wait for bees, (Merops apiaster) -
4 apiastra
ăpĭastra, ae, f. [apis], a bird that lies in wait for bees, a bee-eater, commonly called merops (for apiaster or merops apiaster, Linn.), Serv. ad Verg. G. 4, 14. -
5 Merops
1.Mĕrops, ŏpis, m., = Merops.I.A king of Ethiopia, husband of Clymene, and reputed to be the father of Phaëthon, Ov. M. 1, 763; id. Tr. 3, 4, 30.—II.A king of the isle of Cos, from whose name its inhabitants in early times were called Meropes, Quint. 8, 6, 71.—III.A Roman proper name, Inscr. Mur. 887, 5.2.mĕrops, ŏpis, m., = merops, 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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1.Mĕrops, ŏpis, m., = Merops.I.A king of Ethiopia, husband of Clymene, and reputed to be the father of Phaëthon, Ov. M. 1, 763; id. Tr. 3, 4, 30.—II.A king of the isle of Cos, from whose name its inhabitants in early times were called Meropes, Quint. 8, 6, 71.—III.A Roman proper name, Inscr. Mur. 887, 5.2.mĕrops, ŏpis, m., = merops, 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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