Apis

the sacred bull of Egypt, the seat of worship was at Memphis. This deity was a mere abstraction, but took concrete form a black bull bearing a white square on the 173 brow, scarabreus years Nile, ensued It is was may cultural connection uninical Golden reminiscence Apis, the Aplysia, (q.v.) lives the the a family (branchiz) Apneumona, thuria), Cuvierian explanation thurians, Apnosa, extent porary saturating ever, with A. frequently the Apocarpous, term Apis. ( 157 the figure of an eagle on the flank, and a under the tongue. After twenty-five the animal was solemnly drowned in the and embalmed, and a period of mourning till a properly-marked succe or was found, said that Osiris took the shape of a bull and harne ed to the plough. Frobably the cult VA ee. preteen ¢t ee iin, Raaled ae Ti ale ABU, Mts ont aU He ae 4PI8. have originated in the primitive rites of an agripeople, and po ibly there may be some between the Egyptian and the Brahveneration for the bovine species. The Calf of the Israeli tes was undoubtedly a of Egyptian customs. the genus of social bees, which includes honey bee (A. 2ellifica), [BEE.] the Sea Hare, a slug-like gastropod with a thin transparent internal shell. It among seaweed below the low-tide line. It is type of the family Aplysiadz, which belongs to Opisthobranch i ate (q.v.) group of the Aplysiade, of Gastropods, as the breathing organs are situated behind the heart. 4 sub-order of APoDA (Holoincluding those without respiratory trees, organs, and radial water ve els. An in the terms is given under Holoin its strict use a diminution of the of the respiratory movements or their temcomplete ce ation brought about by the blood with oxygen. Apncea is, how used by some as though it were synonymous Dyspneea (q.v.). ge (Greek, unveiling), a name very applied to the Revelation of St. John, last book of the New Testament Scriptures. having the carpels distinct, a applicable, "tor example, to the fruit of the family as resembles and dry, tered name Old the but as Books Book of Sirach Children Prayer Maccabees. date “apocryphal” nacles more threads, includes HOLOTHUROIDEA the or to formed ally contradictory or as fern-plant the out fertilisation room have piving and at is moon's Germany, miles between There for 430 wards Church several ) A poll in aris. Ranunculace@ and of many Rosacer, such the bramble (Rubus), in which each carpel a plum in miniature, the strawberry, in which the one-seeded carpels are scat over a fleshy outgrowth. Apocrypha (Greek, secret), the given to those books of the Testament which are found in Septuagint or Greek Testament, not in the Hebrew. They are follows:—The Third and Fourth seneca us of Esdras: Book of Tobit; (Fruit of bramble} of Judith; rest of the Book: Esther; Book of Wisdom; Jesus, the Son of; Baruch the Prophet; Song of the Three; Story of Susanna, of Bel and the Dragon; of Mana es; First and Second Books of The name probably means that their or authorship is obscure. Hence the term is often applied to spurious literature. Apoda, (1) a sub-order of CrrriPEDIA (the bar and their allies), in which the shield (or strictly the carapace) is reduced to two and there are no cirri or appendages. It the genus PROTEOLEPAS, (2) The order of including those without tube feet.