microhymenopteron

noun

mi·​cro·​hymenopteron

: any of numerous minute and often parasitoid insects of the order Hymenoptera

—used chiefly in plural as if a taxon and then capitalized

microhymenopterous

"+

adjective

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from micr- + Hymenopteron

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