About The Word Insecta
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Insecta
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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.
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