Definition of hymenopteran Hymenopteran
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What does hymenopteran mean?
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| hymenopteran - insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing | ||
| hymenopterous insect, hymenopteron, hymenopter | ||
| 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 | ||
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- hymenopteran (Noun)
Any insect of the order Hymenoptera; the bees, wasps and ants etc. - hymenopteran (Adjective)
Characteristic of these insects.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- hymenopteran (n.)
One of the Hymenoptera.
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hymenopteran
Insects including bees, wasps, ants, and sawflies, having two pair of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging, sawing or piercing.\n(Source: CED)
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🔤- hymenopteran, noun, singular of hymenopterans.
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