Definition of hymenopteras Hymenopteras
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What does hymenopteras mean?
Part of speech
🔤- hymenopteras, noun, plural of hymenoptera.
WordNet
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| hymenoptera - an order of insects including: bees; wasps; ants; ichneumons; sawflies; gall wasps; etc. | ||
| order Hymenoptera | ||
| animal order the order of animals | ||
| class hexapoda, class insecta, hexapoda, insecta insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- hymenoptera (n. pl.)
An extensive order of insects, including the bees, ants, ichneumons, sawflies, etc.
Wikipedia 
- Hymenoptera is one a larger orders of insects comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants. The name is derived from the Greek words "hymen" meaning "membrane" and "ptera" meaning "wings". The name is appropriate not only for the membranous nature of the wings, but also for the manner in which they are "joined together as one" by the hamuli.
Part of speech
🔤- hymenoptera, noun, singular of hymenopteras / hymenopterae.
