Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for HY-MEN-OP'TER, or HY-MEN-OP'TE-RA
HY-MEN-E'AL, or HY-MEN-E'ANHY-MEN-OP'TE-RAL
HY-MEN-OP'TER, or HY-MEN-OP'TE-RA, n. [Gr. υμην, a membrane, and πτερον, a wing.]
In entomology, the hymenopters are an order of insects, having four membranous wings, and the tail of the female mostly armed with a sting.
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