Hymenoptera

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Etymology

From neuter plural of Ancient Greek ὑμενόπτερος (humenópteros, “membrane-winged”), from ὑμήν (humḗn, “thin skin, membrane”) +‎ πτερόν (pterón, “feather, wing”) +‎ -ος (-os, adjectival suffix).

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Hymenoptera

  1. A taxonomic order within the superorder Endopterygota – sawflies, wasps, bees and ants.

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