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(mellĭfex, fĭcis, m. [mel-facio], i. q. mellarius, 1., a honey-maker, i. e. a keeper of bees: ubicunque saltus idonei sunt mellifici, Col. 9, 8, 8; better referred to mellificus, q. v.)