insectile
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| —n | |
| 1. | any small air-breathing arthropod of the class Insecta, having a body divided into head, thorax, and abdomen, three pairs of legs, and (in most species) two pairs of wings. Insects comprise about five sixths of all known animal species, with a total of over one million named speciesRelated: entomic |
| 2. | (loosely) any similar invertebrate, such as a spider, tick, or centipede |
| 3. | a contemptible, loathsome, or insignificant person |
| Related: entomic | |
| [C17: from Latin insectum (animal that has been) cut into, insect, from insecāre, from | |
| in'sectean | |
| —adj | |
| in'sectan | |
| —adj | |
| in'sectile | |
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| 'insect-like | |
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