hymenoptera

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsorder Hymenoptera

   Broaderanimal order

   Part ofInsecta

Other forms of hymenoptera

plural

hymenopteras·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hymenoptera

What does hymenoptera mean?

hymenoptera means "an order of insects including: bees; wasps; ants; ichneumons; sawflies; gall wasps; etc.".

How many syllables are in hymenoptera?

hymenoptera has 5 syllables: hy-me-nop-te-ra. The stress falls on "nop".

What is another word for hymenoptera?

Close synonyms include order Hymenoptera. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hymenoptera a common word?

hymenoptera is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.