HYMENOPTERA

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1893 · p. 16

(Lat.), n. n. pi. Hi(hu6)-me2n-o<Ipt'e;ir-as. From vniv, a membrane, and nrtpov, a wing. Ger., Hautfliigler, Aderfliiqler. An order of the In.iecta. including bees, ants, etc., having four membranous wings. [B, 28 (a, 27).] [s. 398]