hymenopteron
Americannoun
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hymenoptera
plural
Other Word Forms
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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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As they turned to pupæ he would die, and from caterpillar, or may be chrysalis, there would then issue, in place of gorgeous butterfly, a host of dingy hymenoptera.
From "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character by Douglas English
At the present day all the social hymenoptera possess a unique interest on account of their working-order or neuters.
From The Naturalist in Nicaragua by Thomas Belt
I find, strongly put and illustrated, the very same remark in the genera of hymenoptera.
From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Sir Francis Darwin
The land evertebrates were so sparingly represented, that only three diptera, one species of hymenoptera, and some insect larvæ and spiders could be collected.
From The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II by Alexander Leslie
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
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