hymenopteron
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Etymology
Origin of hymenopteron
1875–80; < Greek, neuter singular of hymenópteros “having winged membranes” from hymeno- + ptė́ron “wing”
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Strong evidence in favour of Weismann's views does, however, at first sight seem to be furnished by social hymenoptera in other respects.
From Darwin, and After Darwin, Volume 2 Post-Darwinian Questions: Heredity and Utility by Romanes, George John
The creatures which you sketch are marvellous, and I should not have guessed that they were hymenoptera.
From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Darwin, Francis, Sir
Compare the different forms of the same instinct in different species of hymenoptera.
From Creative Evolution by Mitchell, Arthur
And we never succeeded in shutting him up till Jeff dragged in the hymenoptera.
From Herland by Gilman, Charlotte Perkins
The evolution of the arthropods reaches its culminating point in the insect, and in particular in the hymenoptera, as that of the vertebrates in man.
From Creative Evolution by Mitchell, Arthur
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