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

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 Henry Nicholson Ellacombe

I have observed humble-bees a great deal, and feel convinced that they arc among the most highly intelligent of the social hymenoptera.

From The Naturalist in La Plata by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson

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 Alfred Sutro

Flying animals, on the other hand, are abundant; namely, 53 species of birds, one species of bat, a few species of butterflies, moths, and hymenoptera, with 74 species of indigenous beetles.

From Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions by George John Romanes

Leaving out of consideration the tubicolous annelidæ, the mussels and stone-boring molluscs, the weaving caterpillars, and finally spiders, even the non-social hymenoptera present, among many insects, examples of a very skilful adaptation of materials.

From Anarchism A Criticism and History of the Anarchist Theory by Ernst Viktor Zenker