Hȳ'men-ŏp'ter-al or Hȳ'men-ŏp'ter-oŭs, a.

a. [Gr. ὑμενόπτερος, membrane-winged, from ὑμήν, skin, membrane, and πτερόν, feather, wing, from πέτομαι, πέσθαι, to fly.] Belonging, or pertaining, to the hymenoptera.