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Insecta Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Insecta? [n] insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species Synonyms \| Synonyms for Insecta: class Hexapoda \| class Insecta \| Hexapoda Related Terms \| Find terms related to Insecta: See Also \| Anoplura \| Arthropoda \| class \| Coleoptera \| Collembola \| Corrodentia \| Dermaptera \| Dictyoptera \| Diptera \| Embiodea \| Embioptera \| Ephemerida \| Ephemeroptera \| Exopterygota \| Hemimetabola \| Hemiptera \| Hymenoptera \| Isoptera \| Lepidoptera \| Mallophaga \| Mecoptera \| Neuroptera \| Odonata \| order Anoplura \| order Coleoptera \| order Collembola \| order Corrodentia \| order Dermaptera \| order Dictyoptera \| order Diptera \| order Embiodea \| order Embioptera \| order Ephemerida \| order Ephemeroptera \| order Hemiptera \| order Hymenoptera \| order Isoptera \| order Lepidoptera \| order Mallophaga \| order Mecoptera \| order Neuroptera \| order Odonata \| order Orthoptera \| order Phasmatodea \| order Phasmida \| order Plecoptera \| order Protura \| order Psocoptera \| order Siphonaptera \| order Thysanoptera \| order Thysanura \| order Trichoptera \| Orthoptera \| Phasmatodea \| Phasmida \| phylum Arthropoda \| Plecoptera \| Protura \| Psocoptera \| Siphonaptera \| subclass Exopterygota \| Thysanoptera \| Thysanura \| Trichoptera Insecta In Webster's Dictionary \In*sec"ta\, n. pl. [NL. See {Insect}.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) One of the classes of Arthropoda, including those that have one pair of antenn[ae], three pairs of mouth organs, and breathe air by means of trache[ae], 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. 2. (Zo["o]l.) In a more restricted sense, the Hexapoda alone. See {Hexapoda}. 3. (Zo["o]l.) In the most general sense, the Hexapoda, Myriapoda, and Arachnoidea, combined. Note: The typical Insecta, or hexapod insects, are divided into several orders, viz.: {Hymenoptera}, as the bees and ants; {Diptera}, as the common flies and gnats; {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 earwings; {Thysanura}, as the springtails, podura, and lepisma. See these words in the Vocabulary.

Insecta Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Insecta?

[n] insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species

Synonyms | Synonyms for Insecta: class Hexapoda | class Insecta | Hexapoda

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Insecta In Webster's Dictionary

\In*sec"ta\, n. pl. [NL. See {Insect}.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) One of the classes of Arthropoda, including
   those that have one pair of antenn[ae], three pairs of
   mouth organs, and breathe air by means of trache[ae],
   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.

2. (Zo["o]l.) In a more restricted sense, the Hexapoda alone.
   See {Hexapoda}.

3. (Zo["o]l.) In the most general sense, the Hexapoda,
   Myriapoda, and Arachnoidea, combined.

Note: The typical Insecta, or hexapod insects, are divided
      into several orders, viz.: {Hymenoptera}, as the bees
      and ants; {Diptera}, as the common flies and gnats;
      {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 earwings; {Thysanura},
      as the springtails, podura, and lepisma. See these
      words in the Vocabulary.

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