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HYMENOPTERAN
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Irregular inflected form: hymenoptera
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing
Synonyms:
hymenopter; hymenopteran; hymenopteron; hymenopterous insect
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("hymenopteran" is a kind of...):
insect (small air-breathing arthropod)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hymenopteran"):
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)
ant; emmet; pismire (social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers)
Holonyms ("hymenopteran" is a member of...):
Hymenoptera; order Hymenoptera (an order of insects including: bees; wasps; ants; ichneumons; sawflies; gall wasps; etc.)
