Definition of "hymenopterous" [hymenopterous]

• Describing insects of the order Hymenoptera; hymenopteran (adjective)

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• "In the ptilota, or winged insects, the hymenopterous are the rasorial type, and it is not therefore surprising to find amongst them the ants and bees, "the most social, intelligent, and in the latter case, most useful to man, of all the annulose animals.""
• "It is particularly observable in a hymenopterous insect called the"
• "Don Felix Azara (vol. i, p. 175), mentioning a hymenopterous insect, probably of the same genus, says he saw it dragging a dead spider through tall grass, in a straight line to its nest, which was one hundred and sixty-three paces distant."