hymenopter|haɪməˈnɒptə(r)| [ad. F. hymenoptère: see next.] A hymenopterous insect. 1828in Webster.1859R. F. Burton Centr. Afr. in Jrnl.Geog.Soc. XXIX. 135 note, This large hymenopter is of several varieties.1881― in Academy 21 May 366/3 That ‘terrible hymenopter’, the Quissonde ant.