hymenopteron

American  

[hahy-muh-nop-ter-uhn] / ˌhaɪ məˈnɒp tər ən /

noun

• hymenoptera
  plural

1. hymenopteran.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• hymenoptera
  plural

Etymology

Origin of hymenopteron

1875–80; < Greek, neuter singular of hymenópteros “having winged membranes” from hymeno- + ptė́ron “wing”

Example Sentences

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hymenoptera

I find, strongly put and illustrated, the very same remark in the genera of hymenoptera.

From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Darwin, Francis, Sir

Gauzy-winged hymenoptera, moths, jet-black beetles, all are transfigured alike in pure, spiritual white, like snowflakes.

From The Mountains of California by Muir, John

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

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

To entomologists the Daisy is interesting as an attractive flower to insects; for "it is visited by nine hymenoptera, thirteen diptera, three coleoptera, and two lepidoptera—namely, the least meadow-brown and the common blue butterflies."

From The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare by Ellacombe, Henry Nicholson