apiformis

== Latin == === Etymology === New Latin; from apis (“bee”) +‎ -i- +‎ fōrma (“form, shape”) +‎ -is. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [a.pɪˈfoːr.mɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.piˈfɔr.mis] === Adjective === apifōrmis (neuter apifōrme); third-declension two-termination adjective (New Latin) having the form of a bee ==== Usage notes ==== Used almost exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus not normally in inflected forms other than the nominative singular. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension two-termination adjective.