Hymenoptera — noun an order of insects including: bees; wasps; ants; ichneumons; sawflies; gall wasps; etc. • Syn: ↑order Hymenoptera • Derivationally related forms: ↑hymenopterous • Hypernyms: ↑animal order … Useful english dictionary
Hymenoptera — Hy me*nop te*ra, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? membrane winged; ? skin, membrane + ? wing.] (Zo[ o]l.) An extensive order of insects, including the bees, ants, ichneumons, sawflies, etc. [1913 Webster] Note: They have four membranous wings, with few… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hymenoptera — order of insects that includes ants, wasps, and bees, 1773, coined in Modern Latin 1748 by Linnæus from Gk. hymen (gen. hymenos) membrane (see HYMEN (Cf. hymen)) + pteron wing (see PETITION (Cf. petition)). Related: Hymenopterous … Etymology dictionary
Hymenoptera — Taxobox name = Hymenoptera fossil range=Triassic Recent image width = 240px image caption = female Andrena sp. regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta subclassis = Pterygota infraclassis = Neoptera superordo = Endopterygota ordo … Wikipedia
order — /ˈɔdə / (say awduh) noun 1. an authoritative direction, injunction, command, or mandate. 2. Australian History → land order. 3. Also, court order. Law a direction given by a court, judge, or minister of the crown. 4. Military a command or notice… …
Hymenoptera — An order of insects, including bees, wasps, and ants, characterized by locked pairs of membranous wings and high development of social or colonial behavior. [G. hymen, membrane, + pteron, wing] * * * Hy·me·nop·tera .hī mə näp tə rə n pl an order… … Medical dictionary
hymenoptera — hy·me·nop·ter·a || ‚haɪmÉ™ nÉ‘ptÉ™rÉ™ / nÉ’p n. large order of insects (includs: wasps, bees, ants, sawflies, etc.) … English contemporary dictionary
animal order — noun the order of animals • Hypernyms: ↑order • Hyponyms: ↑Eubacteriales, ↑order Eubacteriales, ↑Pseudomonadales, ↑order Pseudomonadales, ↑Rickettsiales, ↑order … Useful english dictionary
hymenopteran — /huy meuh nop teuhr euhn/, adj. 1. hymenopterous. n. 2. Also, hymenopter. a hymenopterous insect. [1875 80; HYMENOPTER + AN] * * * ▪ insect Introduction any member of the third largest and perhaps the most beneficial to humans of all insect… … Universalium
Ant — For other uses, see Ant (disambiguation). Ants Temporal range: 130–0 Ma … Wikipedia
