hymenopteron

Other forms of hymenopteron

plural

hymenopterons·

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 hymenopteron

What does hymenopteron mean?

hymenopteron means "insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing".

How many syllables are in hymenopteron?

hymenopteron has 5 syllables: hy-me-nop-te-ron. The stress falls on "nop".

What is another word for hymenopteron?

Close synonyms include hymenopterous insect, hymenopteran, hymenopter. 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 hymenopteron a common word?

hymenopteron 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.