hymenopterology

noun

hy·​me·​nop·​ter·​ol·​o·​gy

plural -es

: a branch of entomology concerned with Hymenoptera

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary hymenoptero- (from New Latin Hymenoptera) + -logy; probably originally formed as French hyménoptérologie

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