HYMENOPTERA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hymenoptera mean? 

• HYMENOPTERA (noun)
  The noun HYMENOPTERA has 1 sense:

1. an order of insects including: bees; wasps; ants; ichneumons; sawflies; gall wasps; etc.

  Familiarity information: HYMENOPTERA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYMENOPTERA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An order of insects including: bees; wasps; ants; ichneumons; sawflies; gall wasps; etc.

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Hymenoptera; order Hymenoptera

Hypernyms ("Hymenoptera" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Hymenoptera"):

hymenopter; hymenopteran; hymenopteron; hymenopterous insect (insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing)

Apoidea; superfamily Apoidea (bees)

family Vespidae; Vespidae (an arthropod family of the order Hymenoptera including: yellow jackets; hornets; mason wasps)

Sphecoidea; superfamily Sphecoidea (families Sphecidae and Stizidae)

Cynipidae; family Cynipidae (a family of Hymenoptera)

Chalcidae; Chalcididae; family Chalcidae; family Chalcididae (an arthropod family including: chalcidflies)

family Ichneumonidae; Ichneumonidae (ichneumon flies)

family Tenthredinidae; Tenthredinidae (sawflies)

family Formicidae; Formicidae (ants)

Holonyms ("Hymenoptera" is a member of...):

class Hexapoda; class Insecta; Hexapoda; Insecta (insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species)

Derivation:

hymenopterous (of or relating to insects of the order Hymenoptera)