"Insecta" is a word in ENGLISH
In the most general sense, the Hexapoda, Myriapoda, and
Arachnoidea, combined.
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.
In a more restricted sense, the Hexapoda alone. See
Hexapoda.
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An animal having six feet; one of the Hexapoda.
Read the complete definitionThe true, or six-legged, insects; insects other than myriapods and arachnids.
Read the complete definitionHaving six feet; belonging to the Hexapoda.
Read the complete definitionOne of the Insecta; esp., one of the Hexapoda. See Insecta.
Read the complete definitionA New Latin plural combining form or suffix from Gr. /, /, foot; as, hexapoda, myriapoda. See -pod.
Read the complete definitionThe fourth joint of the leg of an insect. See Illust. under Coleoptera, and under Hexapoda.
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