Hautflügler

Definitions of Hautflügler
  1. noun
    insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing
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    Biene
    any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
    Wespe
    social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting
    Ameise
    social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
    Honigbiene
    social bee often domesticated for the honey it produces
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    Insekt, Kerbtier
    small air-breathing arthropod
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