hymenopteron
English Thesaurus
1. insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | insect, |
| definition | : | small air-breathing arthropod (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | bee, |
| definition | : | any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | wasp, |
| definition | : | social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | chalcid, chalcid fly, chalcid wasp, chalcidfly, |
| definition | : | any of various tiny insects whose larvae are parasites on eggs and larvae of other insects; many are beneficial in destroying injurious insects (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | ichneumon fly, |
| definition | : | hymenopterous insect that resembles a wasp and whose larvae are parasitic on caterpillars and other insect larvae (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | sawfly, |
| definition | : | insect whose female has a saw-like ovipositor for inserting eggs into the leaf or stem tissue of a host plant (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | ant, emmet, pismire, |
| definition | : | social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | hymenoptera, order hymenoptera, |
| definition | : | an order of insects including: bees; wasps; ants; ichneumons; sawflies; gall wasps; etc. (noun.animal) |
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