Meaning

1 senses
  1. Any insect of the order Hymenoptera: the bees, wasps and ants etc.

    Hautflügler

More definitions
  • insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Male hymenopterans develop from unfertilized ova.

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  2. Male termites are diploid, unlike male hymenopterans.

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  3. The males of eusocial hymenopterans generally die soon after mating.

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  4. Bees, ants, wasps, and sawflies are hymenopterans.

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Translations

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By meaning 1
insect of the order Hymenoptera:

Origin

From translingual Hymenoptera + -an, from neuter plural of Ancient Greek ὑμενόπτερος (hume

From translingual Hymenoptera + -an, from neuter plural of Ancient Greek ὑμενόπτερος (humenópteros, “membrane-winged”), from ὑμήν (humḗn, “thin skin, membrane”) + πτερόν (pterón, “feather, wing”) + -ος (-os, adjectival suffix).

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Forms

plural: hymenopterans
Singularhymenopteran
Pluralhymenopterans

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Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words

See also

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