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Hymenoptera
order of insects that includes ants, wasps, and bees, 1773, coined in Modern Latin 1748 by Linnæus from Greek
hymen
(genitive
hymenos
) "membrane" (see
hymen
) +
pteron
"wing" (see
ptero-
). Related:
Hymenopterous
.
