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Bee :: Bee (n.) An insect of the order Hymenoptera, and family Apidae (the honeybees), or family Andrenidae (the solitary bees.) See Honeybee..

Hymen :: Hymen (n.) A fold of muscous membrane often found at the orifice of the vagina; the vaginal membrane.

Terebrant :: Terebrant (a.) Boring, or adapted for boring; -- said of certain Hymenoptera, as the sawflies..

Gall :: Gall (n.) An excrescence of any form produced on any part of a plant by insects or their larvae. They are most commonly caused by small Hymenoptera and Diptera which puncture the bark and lay their eggs in the wounds. The larvae live within the galls. Some galls are due to aphids, mites, etc. See Gallnut..

Caprification :: Caprification (n.) The practice of hanging, upon the cultivated fig tree, branches of the wild fig infested with minute hymenopterous insects..

Hymenium :: Hymenium (n.) The spore-bearing surface of certain fungi, as that on the gills of a mushroom..

Hymenopter :: Hymenopter (n.) One of the Hymenoptera.

Pachymeningitis :: Pachymeningitis (n.) Inflammation of the dura mater or outer membrane of the brain.

Horntail :: Horntail (n.) Any one of family (Uroceridae) of large hymenopterous insects, allied to the sawflies. The larvae bore in the wood of trees. So called from the long, stout ovipositors of the females..

Phytophaga :: Phytophaga (n. pl.) A division of Hymenoptera; the sawflies.

Xylocopa :: Xylocopa (n.) A genus of hymenopterous insects including the carpenter. See Carpenter bee, under Carpenter..

Sawfly :: Sawfly (n.) Any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to the family Tenthredinidae. The female usually has an ovipositor containing a pair of sawlike organs with which she makes incisions in the leaves or stems of plants in which to lay the eggs. The larvae resemble those of Lepidoptera.

Urocerata :: Urocerata (n. pl.) A division of boring Hymenoptera, including Tremex and allied genera. See Illust. of Horntail..

Glossa :: Glossa (n.) The tongue, or lingua, of an insect. See Hymenoptera..

Tremex :: Tremex (n.) A genus of large hymenopterous insects allied to the sawflies. The female lays her eggs in holes which she bores in the trunks of trees with her large and long ovipositor, and the larva bores in the wood. See Illust. of Horntail..

Morel :: Morel (n.) An edible fungus (Morchella esculenta), the upper part of which is covered with a reticulated and pitted hymenium. It is used as food, and for flavoring sauces..

Fossores :: Fossores (n. pl.) A group of hymenopterous insects including the sand wasps. They excavate cells in earth, where they deposit their eggs, with the bodies of other insects for the food of the young when hatched..

Thymene :: Thymene (n.) A liquid terpene obtained from oil of thyme.

Hymenoptera :: Hymenoptera (n. pl.) An extensive order of insects, including the bees, ants, ichneumons, sawflies, etc..

Vespa :: Vespa (n.) A genus of Hymenoptera including the common wasps and hornets.

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