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Hymenoptera

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Hy`me`nop´te`ra
n. pl.1.(Zool.) An extensive order of insects, including the bees, ants, ichneumons, sawflies, etc.
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Noun1.HymenopteraHymenoptera - an order of insects including: bees; wasps; ants; ichneumons; sawflies; gall wasps; etc.
animal order - the order of animals
class Hexapoda, class Insecta, Hexapoda, Insecta - insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species
hymenopter, hymenopteran, hymenopteron, hymenopterous insect - insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing
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


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Do the very numerous spiders and rapacious Hymenoptera supply the place of the carnivorous beetles?
, Volume III, AUS to BIS, you will find that bees are a 'large and natural family of the zoological order Hymenoptera, characterized by the plumose form of many of their hairs, by the large size of the basal segment of the foot .
 
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