beelouse (belous)

A pupiparous dipterous insect, of the family Braulidæ, parasitic upon bees. Braula cæca is a parasite of the Italian bee, Apis ligustica. Beelzebub (bē-el'zē-bub), п. [Formerly also, and still in popular speech, Belzebub, ME. Bel sebub, Pers. zubab, a fly. See Beelzebul and Baal.] 1. A god of the Philis tines, who had a famous temple at Ekron. He was worshiped as the destroyer of flies.-2. A name of the Mycetes ursinus, a howling monkey of South America. See cut under howler. Beelzebul (bē-el'zē-bul), п. [ of demons. The best Gr. manuscripts have Βεελζεβούλ in the Gospels. See Beelzebub.] A name given by the Jews to the prince of demons, being an opprobrious alteration of the name Beelzebub.