hymenopteron
noun
hymenoptera
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pluralof hymenopteron.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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As they turned to pupæ he would die, and from caterpillar, or may be chrysalis, there would then issue, in place of gorgeous butterfly, a host of dingy hymenoptera.
From "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character by Douglas English
We found however a few hymenoptera adhering to masses of sulphur moistened with sulphurous acid, and lining the mouths of the funnels.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 by Thomasina Ross
You bring out all such facts very clearly by your comparison with the corresponding organs in the allied hymenoptera.
From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Sir Francis Darwin
Compare the different forms of the same instinct in different species of hymenoptera.
From Creative Evolution by Arthur Mitchell
And we never succeeded in shutting him up till Jeff dragged in the hymenoptera.
From Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
