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.
apiastra, ae, f. (apis), ein den Bienen nachstellender Vogel, der Bienenspecht, gew. merops gen. (wahrsch. merops od. merops apiaster, L.), Serv. Verg. georg. 4, 14.
ăpĭastra, æ, f. (apis), oiseau mangeur dʼabeilles : Serv. Georg. 4, 14.
Meropes sunt aves virides, et vocanturPapias MS. Ecclesiæ Bituricensis :Apiastræ , quia apes comedunt.