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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
insecta \insec"ta\, n. pl. nl. see insect.
1. zool. one of the classes of arthropoda, including those
that have one pair of antennae, three pairs of mouth
organs, and breathe air by means of tracheae, 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.
1913 webster
2. zool. in a more restricted sense, the hexapoda alone.
see hexapoda.
1913 webster
3. zool. in the most general sense, the hexapoda,
myriapoda, and arachnoidea, combined.
1913 webster
note: the typical insecta, or hexapod insects, are divided
into several orders, viz.: hymenoptera, as the bees
and ants; diptera, as the common flies, gnats, and
mosquitos; 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 earwigs;
thysanura, as the springtails, podura, and lepisma.
see these words in the vocabulary.
1913 webster
see also:
insect hexapoda hymenoptera diptera aphaniptera lepidoptera
neuroptera coleoptera hemiptera orthoptera pseudoneuroptera
euplexoptera thysanura
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
insecta
n : insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species syn:
class insecta, hexapoda, class hexapoda
see also:
class insecta hexapoda class hexapoda
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