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Definition of Insecta
1. Noun. Insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species.
Group relationships: Arthropoda, Phylum Arthropoda
Member holonyms: Mantophasmatodea, Order Mantophasmatodea, Mecoptera, Order Mecoptera, Collembola, Order Collembola, Order Protura, Protura, Coleoptera, Order Coleoptera, Embiodea, Embioptera, Order Embiodea, Order Embioptera, Anoplura, Order Anoplura, Mallophaga, Order Mallophaga, Order Siphonaptera, Siphonaptera, Diptera, Order Diptera, Hymenoptera, Order Hymenoptera, Isoptera, Order Isoptera, Order Orthoptera, Orthoptera, Order Phasmatodea, Order Phasmida, Phasmatodea, Phasmida, Exopterygota, Hemimetabola, Subclass Exopterygota, Dictyoptera, Order Dictyoptera, Hemiptera, Order Hemiptera, Corrodentia, Order Corrodentia, Order Psocoptera, Psocoptera, Ephemerida, Ephemeroptera, Order Ephemerida, Order Ephemeroptera, Order Plecoptera, Plecoptera, Neuroptera, Order Neuroptera, Odonata, Order Odonata, Order Trichoptera, Trichoptera, Order Thysanura, Thysanura, Order Thysanoptera, Thysanoptera, Dermaptera, Order Dermaptera, Lepidoptera, Order Lepidoptera
Generic synonyms: Class
Definition of Insecta
1. n. pl. One of the classes of Arthropoda, including those that have one pair of antennæ, three pairs of mouth organs, and breathe air by means of tracheæ, 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,
Medical Definition of Insecta
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Insecta
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