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Insecta

‖

In-sec′ta

,
Noun.
pl.
[NL. See
Insect
.]
1.
(Zool.)
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
,
Noun.
2.
(Zool.)
In a more restricted sense, the Hexapoda alone. See
Hexapoda
.
3.
(Zool.)
In the most general sense, the Hexapoda, Myriapoda, and Arachnoidea, combined.
☞ 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.

Definition 2024

Insecta

Insecta

See also: insecta and insectă

Translingual

Proper noun

Insecta

  1. A taxonomic class within the subphylum Hexapoda – the insects.

Hypernyms

Hyponyms


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Anagrams

insecta

insecta

See also: Insecta and insectă

Latin

Participle

īnsecta

  1. nominative feminine singular of īnsectus
  2. nominative neuter plural of īnsectus
  3. accusative neuter plural of īnsectus
  4. vocative feminine singular of īnsectus
  5. nominative neuter plural of īnsectus

īnsectā

  1. ablative feminine singular of īnsectus

References

Etymology

Latin insectum ‎(“cut up (segmented)”)

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