Definition of hymenopter Hymenopter

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What does hymenopter mean?

Noun
hymenopter - insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing
		hymenopterous insect, hymenopteran, hymenopteron
		insect small air-breathing arthropod
		hymenoptera, order hymenoptera an order of insects including: bees; wasps; ants; ichneumons; sawflies; gall wasps; etc.
		bee any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
		wasp social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting
		family mutillidae, mutillidae a family of wasps
		chalcid, chalcid fly, chalcid wasp, chalcidfly any of various tiny insects whose larvae are parasites on eggs and larvae of other insects; many are beneficial in destroying injurious insects
		ichneumon fly hymenopterous insect that resembles a wasp and whose larvae are parasitic on caterpillars and other insect larvae
		sawfly insect whose female has a saw-like ovipositor for inserting eggs into the leaf or stem tissue of a host plant