"apian" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈeɪpi.ən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-apian.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more apian [comparative], most apian [superlative]
Etymology: 19th century, from Latin apiānus, from apis (“bee”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|apiānus}} Latin apiānus, {{m|la|apis||bee}} apis (“bee”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} apian (comparative more apian, superlative most apian)
  1. Relating to bees. Categories (lifeform): Bees Synonyms: beelike, beely Translations (related to bees): bijen- (Dutch), mehiläis- (Finnish), mehiläisten (Finnish), lebah (Malay), ápico (Portuguese), api- (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-apian-en-adj-JCBzXCti Disambiguation of Bees: 69 31 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 98 2 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 97 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 97 3 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 95 5

Noun

IPA: /ˈeɪpi.ən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-apian.wav [Southern-England] Forms: apians [plural]
Etymology: 19th century, from Latin apiānus, from apis (“bee”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|apiānus}} Latin apiānus, {{m|la|apis||bee}} apis (“bee”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} apian (plural apians)
  1. (very rare) A bee. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-apian-en-noun-1pCeCkDh

Inflected forms

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