hymenoptera
English Thesaurus
1. an order of insects including: bees; wasps; ants; ichneumons; sawflies; gall wasps; etc. (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | animal order, |
| definition | : | the order of animals (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | hymenopter, hymenopteran, hymenopteron, hymenopterous insect, |
| definition | : | insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | apoidea, superfamily apoidea, |
| definition | : | bees (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family vespidae, vespidae, |
| definition | : | an arthropod family of the order Hymenoptera including: yellow jackets; hornets; mason wasps (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | sphecoidea, superfamily sphecoidea, |
| definition | : | families Sphecidae and Stizidae (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | cynipidae, family cynipidae, |
| definition | : | a family of Hymenoptera (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | chalcidae, chalcididae, family chalcidae, family chalcididae, |
| definition | : | an arthropod family including: chalcidflies (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family ichneumonidae, ichneumonidae, |
| definition | : | ichneumon flies (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family tenthredinidae, tenthredinidae, |
| definition | : | sawflies (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family formicidae, formicidae, |
| definition | : | ants (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | class hexapoda, class insecta, hexapoda, insecta, |
| definition | : | insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species (noun.animal) |
| derivation | : | hymenopterous, |
| definition | : | of or relating to insects of the order Hymenoptera (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | hymenopterous, |
| definition | : | of or relating to insects of the order Hymenoptera (adj.pert) |
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