hymenopterous
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of hymenopterous
From the Greek word hymenópteros, dating back to 1805–15. See hymeno-, -pterous
Example Sentences
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A man who should be hanging close to the set, seeing to the details of directing his first feature film, not striking out on some weird nocturnal expedition in search of hymenopterous marauders.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Chalicodoma, whose name of Mason Bee indicates the industry it exercises, is a hymenopterous relative to our Bees, long since carefully studied by Réaumur.
From The Industries of Animals by Frédéric Houssay
It is a hymenopterous insect which this family, whose first vital manifestation is theft, thus levies a contribution on.
From The Industries of Animals by Frédéric Houssay
This becomes very evident if we study another related beetle; it is called the Sitaris colletis, and lives at the expense of the hymenopterous Colletes, as its relative at the expense of the Anthophora.
From The Industries of Animals by Frédéric Houssay
The diminutive florets on its flat disk are so shallow that lepidopterous and hymenopterous insects, with their long proboses, stand no chance of getting a meal.
From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by William Thomas Fernie
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