meliss-, melisso-, melitt-, melitto- +
(Greek: honeybee, honeybees; bee, bees)
melissic
Derived from honey or beeswax.
melissic acid
A long-chain fatty acid, found in beeswax.
melissophobia, melissephobia
An uncontrolled apprehension regarding bees or insects.
melissotherapy
The treatment of certain ailments with bee venom; also, apiotherapy.
melittology
The study of bees.
melittophilous, melittophile, melittophily
1. Thriving in association with bees; a reference to an organism that spends part of its life cycle in association with bees.
2. Pollinated by bees.
micromelittophilous
Pollinated by small bees.
micromelittophily
A reference to the process of being pollinated by small bees.
A cross reference of other word family units that are related directly, or indirectly, with: "insects, bugs, worms; invertebrates":
aphidi-;
api-;
ascari-;
culci-;
Dung Beetle Survival;
Dung Beetles Important;
Eating Worms;
entomo-;
formic-;
Guinea worms;
helmintho-;
insecto-;
Insects: Importance;
isopter-;
larvi-;
lepidopter-;
mosquito;
Mosquito, other Languages;
Mosquitoes, Pt. 1;
Mosquitoes, Pt. 2;
myrmeco-;
scarab;
scoleco-;
sphec-;
taeni-;
termit-;
vermo-.
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