HY'MENOPTER
HYMENOP'TERA, noun [Gr. a membrane, and 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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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.