English > hymenopterous insect: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing. |
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| Synonyms | hymenopteran, hymenopteron, hymenopter |
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| Member of | Hymenoptera, order Hymenoptera | An order of insects including |
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| Narrower | Mutillidae, family Mutillidae | A family of wasps |
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| ant, emmet, pismire | Social insect living in organized colonies |
| bee | Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species |
| chalcid fly, chalcidfly, chalcid, chalcid wasp | Any of various tiny insects whose larvae are parasites on eggs and larvae of other insects |
| ichneumon fly | hymenopterous insect that resembles a wasp and whose larvae are parasitic on caterpillars and other insect larvae |
| sawfly | insect whose female has a saw-like ovipositor for inserting eggs into the leaf or stem tissue of a host plant |
| wasp | social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting |
| Broader | insect | small air-breathing arthropod |
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| Spanish | himenóptero, himenópteros, hymenopter, hymenopteron |
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| Catalan | himenòpter, hymenopter, hymenopteron |
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