hymenopterous

1. 1.

   of or relating to insects of the order Hymenoptera

Questions about hymenopterous

What does hymenopterous mean?

hymenopterous means "of or relating to insects of the order Hymenoptera".

How many syllables are in hymenopterous?

hymenopterous has 5 syllables and divides as hy-me-nop-te-rous under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is hymenopterous a common word?

hymenopterous 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.