From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Apis \A"pis\, n. [L., bee.] (Zool.) A genus of insects of the order Hymenoptera, including the common honeybee ({Apis mellifica) and other related species. See Honeybee. [1913 Webster]From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
Apis n 1: type genus of the Apidae: honeybees [syn: Apis, genus Apis]From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016) :
APIS Arbeitsdatei PIOS Innere Sicherheit (INPOL, PIOS)