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    HYMENOPTERA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    Hymenoptera; order Hymenoptera

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("Hymenoptera" is a kind of...):

    animal order (the order of animals)

    Meronyms (members of "Hymenoptera"):

    hymenopter; hymenopteran; hymenopteron; hymenopterous insect (insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing)

    Apoidea; superfamily Apoidea (bees)

    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)

    family Ichneumonidae; Ichneumonidae (ichneumon flies)

    family Tenthredinidae; Tenthredinidae (sawflies)

    family Formicidae; Formicidae (ants)

    Holonyms ("Hymenoptera" is a member of...):

    class Hexapoda; class Insecta; Hexapoda; Insecta (insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species)

    Derivation:

    hymenopterous (of or relating to insects of the order Hymenoptera)

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