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merops

merops, a bee-eater (a bird)

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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