hymenopteran
English
/ˌhʌɪ.mɛˈnɒp.tə.ɹən/, /ˌhaɪ.məˈnɑp.təɹ.ən/
noun
Definitions
- (entomology) Any insect of the order Hymenoptera: the bees, wasps and ants etc.
Etymology
Affix from Translingual Hymenoptera derived from Ancient Greek ὑμενόπτερος (membrane-winged), ὑμήν (membrane, skin, thin skin, hymen) + Ancient Greek πτερόν (wing, feather).
Origin
Ancient Greek
πτερόν
Gloss
wing, feather
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
翼
Emoji
💸
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -pter English
- -pteran English
- -pterous English
- apterium English
- dipteran English
- microhymenopteran English
- peripter English
- peripterous English
- periptery English
- pteranodon English
- pteropod English
- pterotic English
- hymen Finnish
- balaena Latin
- brachypterus Latin
- hymen Latin
- lepidopterus Latin
- leucopterus Latin
- macropterus Latin
- melanopterus Latin
- micropterus Latin
- pteria Latin
- pterus Latin
- xanthopterus Latin
- ornitottero Italian
- hymen French
- hyménoptère French
- héli- French
- ptérion French
- ptérodactyle French
- himenóptero Spanish, Castilian
- δίπτερος Ancient Greek
- πτέρινος Ancient Greek
- πτερόν Ancient Greek
- φοινικόπτερος Ancient Greek
- ὑμένινος Ancient Greek
- ὑμήν Ancient Greek
- ὑμενόπτερος Ancient Greek
- *péth₂r̥ Proto-Indo-European
- *syuh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- hymen Czech
- φτερό Greek (modern)
- Hymenoptera Translingual
- hymen Slovak