hymenopteron
Americannoun
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hymenoptera
plural
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Etymology
Origin of hymenopteron
1875–80; < Greek, neuter singular of hymenópteros “having winged membranes” from hymeno- + ptė́ron “wing”
Example Sentences
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Compare the different forms of the same instinct in different species of hymenoptera.
From Creative Evolution by Mitchell, Arthur
But such also are, in the series of the articulate, the insects and in particular certain hymenoptera.
From Creative Evolution by Mitchell, Arthur
We find even to-day, among the melliferous hymenoptera, all the stages of progressive civilisation of our own domestic bee.
From The Life of the Bee by Sutro, Alfred
Neuration, difference of, in the two sexes of some butterflies and hymenoptera.
From The Descent of Man by Darwin, Charles
But the whole difficulty comes from our desire to express the knowledge of the hymenoptera in terms of intelligence.
From Creative Evolution by Mitchell, Arthur
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