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[昆虫] 膜翅类

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Insecta \In*sec"ta\, n. pl. [NL. See {Insect}.]
   1. (Zo["o]l.) One of the classes of Arthropoda, including
      those that have one pair of antenn[ae], three pairs of
      mouth organs, and breathe air by means of trache[ae],
      opening by spiracles along the sides of the body. In this
      sense it includes the Hexapoda, or six-legged insects and
      the Myriapoda, with numerous legs. See {Insect}, n.

   2. (Zo["o]l.) In a more restricted sense, the Hexapoda alone.
      See {Hexapoda}.

   3. (Zo["o]l.) In the most general sense, the Hexapoda,
      Myriapoda, and Arachnoidea, combined.

   Note: The typical Insecta, or hexapod insects, are divided
         into several orders, viz.: {Hymenoptera}, as the bees
         and ants; {Diptera}, as the common flies and gnats;
         {Aphaniptera}, or fleas; {Lepidoptera}, or moths and
         butterflies; {Neuroptera}, as the ant-lions and
         hellgamite; {Coleoptera}, or beetles; {Hemiptera}, as
         bugs, lice, aphids; {Orthoptera}, as grasshoppers and
         cockroaches; {Pseudoneuroptera}, as the dragon flies
         and termites; {Euplexoptera}, or earwings; {Thysanura},
         as the springtails, podura, and lepisma. See these
         words in the Vocabulary.

Hymenoptera \Hy`me*nop"te*ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ?
   membrane-winged; ? skin, membrane + ? wing.] (Zo["o]l.)
   An extensive order of insects, including the bees, ants,
   ichneumons, sawflies, etc.

   Note: They have four membranous wings, with few
         reticulations, and usually with a thickened, dark spot
         on the front edge of the anterior wings. In most of the
         species, the tongue, or lingua, is converted into an
         organ for sucking honey, or other liquid food, and the
         mandibles are adapted for biting or cutting. In one
         large division ({Aculeata}), including the bees, wasps,
         and ants, the females and workers usually have a sting,
         which is only a modified ovipositor.

资料来源 : WordNet®

Hymenoptera
     n : an order of insects including: bees; wasps; ants;
         ichneumons; sawflies; gall wasps; etc. [syn: {order
         Hymenoptera}]