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insect
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insect
[n] - small air-breathing arthropod Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=insect
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Insect
Anthropod with three pairs of legs (e.g.fly). Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20442
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insect
Insects are animals with jointed legs (arthropods) and external ‘skeletons`. They have 6 legs, e.g. flies, beetles and butterflies.
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Insect
Fleet Tender class [UK]
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Insect
In'sect (ĭn'sĕkt) noun [ French insecte , Latin insectum , from insectus , past participle of insecare to cut in. See Section . The name was originally given to certain small animals, whose bodies appear ... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/I/67
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Insect
In'sect adjective 1. Of or pertaining to an insect or insects. 2. Like an insect; small; mean; ephemeral. Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/I/67
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insect
1. <zoology> One of the Insecta; especially, one of the Hexapoda. See Insecta. ... The hexapod insects pass through three stages during their growth, viz, the larva, pupa, and imago or adult, but in some of the orders the larva differs little from the imago, except in lacking wings, and the ac... Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?insect
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insect
noun small air-breathing arthropod Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=insect
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insect
(in´sekt) any individual of the class Insecta. Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001
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Insect
• (n.) Any air-breathing arthropod, as a spider or scorpion. • (n.) Any small crustacean. In a wider sense, the word is often loosely applied to various small invertebrates. • (a.) Of or pertaining to an insect or insects. • (n.) Fig.: Any small, trivial, or contemptible person o... Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/insect/
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insect
any member of the largest class of the phylum Arthropoda, which is itself the largest of the animal phyla. Insects have segmented bodies, jointed ... [47 related articles] Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/i/25
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insect
insect, insects 1. A type of very small, air-breathing creature with six legs, a body divided into three parts and usually two pairs of wings; or, more generally, any similar very small animal: 'Ants, beetles, butterflies, and flies are all insects.' 2. Any of numerous usually small arthropod anima... Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1072/
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Insect
Relatively small and simple animals that have a rigid external skeleton, three body sections, three pairs of legs, and antennae. These organisms are the most abundant group of eukaryotes on the Earth. Found op http://www.physicalgeography.net/physgeoglos/i.html
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insect
- small air-breathing arthropod
- has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect
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insect
A member of the class Insecta, which is in the phylum Arthropoda (see arthropods). This class contains organisms that in the adult normally have six legs, three distinct regions to the body (head, thorax, and abdomen), one pair of antennae, and, often, one or two pairs of wings. Most insects are ter... Found op http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/I/insect.html
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insect
insect, invertebrate animal of the class Insecta of the phylum Arthropoda. Like other arthropods, an insect has a hard outer covering, or exoskeleton, a segmented body, and jointed legs. Adult insects typically have wings and are the only flying invertebrates.The body of the typical adult insect is ... Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0825279.html
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insect
Any of a vast group of small invertebrate animals with hard, segmented bodies, three pairs of jointed legs, and, usually, two pairs of wings; they belong among the arthropods and are distributed throughout the world. An insect's body is divided into three segments: head, thorax, and abdom... Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0008335.html
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Insect
Insects (from Latin insectum, a calque of Greek ἔντομον [éntomon], "cut into sections") are a class of living creatures within the arthropods that have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (head, thorax, and abdomen), three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes, and two antennae. They... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insect
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insect
1) A butterfly is an ... 2) Air-breathing arthropod 3) Antenna site 4) Arthropod 5) Beasty 6) Bee or beetle 7) Bee, e.g. 8) Bee, flea, or fly 9) Bug 10) Contemptible one 11) Creepy-crawly 12) Entomological specimen Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/insect/1
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