Hymenoptera

Translingual

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).

Proper noun

Hymenoptera

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

Hypernyms

• (order): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Dicondylia - clade; Pterygota - subclass; Metapterygota - clade; Neoptera - infraclass; Eumetabola, Endopterygota - clades; Hymenopterida - superorder

Hyponyms

• (order): Apocrita, Symphyta - suborders

Translations

a taxonomic order

• Icelandic: æðvængjur f pl
• Polish: błonkówki, błonkoskrzydłe (pl)

References

• Hymenoptera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Hymenoptera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Hymenoptera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521