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Related terms:
order coleoptera
diptera
flea
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Eukaryote
hymenoptera Audio
Hy·me·nop·ter·a
Subclass of:
Holometabola
Definitions related to hymenoptera:
  • An extensive order of highly specialized insects including bees, wasps, and ants.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Order of insects, including bees, wasps, and ants, characterized by high development of social or colonial behavior and usually by locked pairs of membranous wings.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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