Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of numerous insects of the order Hymenoptera, including the bees, wasps, ants, and sawflies, often living in complex social groups and characteristically having two pairs of membranous wings.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
hymenopter .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) One of the Hymenoptera.
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- noun biology Any
insect of the orderHymenoptera ; thebees ,wasps andants etc. - adjective Characteristic of these insects
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Nor has a single example come to light from among the 4,000 known hymenopteran sawflies and horntails, even though their larvae often form dense cooperative aggregations.
SuperCooperators Martin A. Nowak 2011
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A phylogenetic analysis revealed that HEX 110 is located at the most basal position among the holometabola hexamerins, and like HEX 70a and HEX 70c, it shares potential orthology relationship with hexamerins from other hymenopteran species.
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A phylogenetic analysis revealed that HEX 110 is located at the most basal position among the holometabola hexamerins, and like HEX 70a and HEX 70c, it shares potential orthology relationship with hexamerins from other hymenopteran species.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Juliana Martins 2010
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A phylogenetic analysis revealed that HEX 110 is located at the most basal position among the holometabola hexamerins, and like HEX 70a and HEX 70c, it shares potential orthology relationship with hexamerins from other hymenopteran species.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Juliana Martins 2010
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D, Fietz A, Hertel H, de Souza J, Ventura DF, et al. (1992) The spectral input systems of hymenopteran insects and their receptor-based colour vision.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Peter Skorupski et al. 2010
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A phylogenetic analysis revealed that HEX 110 is located at the most basal position among the holometabola hexamerins, and like HEX 70a and HEX 70c, it shares potential orthology relationship with hexamerins from other hymenopteran species.
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Further spectral analysis was done on 20 of these cells, confirming that these were UV, blue and green photoreceptors typical of other trichromatic hymenopteran species
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Peter Skorupski et al. 2010
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Surprisingly, two studies have reported considerable amounts of Further, aphids and other phloem feeders produce honeydew which is an important source of carbohydrates for sugar feeding arthropods, including hymenopteran parasitoids and aphid predators
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Wäckers FL (2001) A comparison of nectar - and honeydew sugars with respect to their utilization by the hymenopteran parasitoid
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The hymenopteran emphasis leads to a certain amount of parochialism, though, and to the neglect of some relevant literature.
Louises commented on the word hymenopteran
'Certain qualities of humankind that are unique to us, and not to be accounted for by analogies between ourselves and the humenopteran?' The Absence of Mind by Marilynne Robinson 2010.
April 20, 2013