hymenoptera
n.
large order of insects (includs: wasps, bees, ants, sawflies, etc.)
Hymenoptera
Hymenoptera
Noun
1. an order of insects including: bees; wasps; ants; ichneumons; sawflies; gall wasps; etc.
(synonym) order Hymenoptera
(hypernym) animal order
(member-holonym) Insecta, class Insecta, Hexapoda, class Hexapoda
(member-meronym) hymenopterous insect, hymenopteran, hymenopteron, hymenopter
Hymenoptera
(n. pl.)
An extensive order of insects, including the bees, ants, ichneumons, sawflies, etc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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