Insects; about five sixths of all known animal species
One of the classes of Arthropoda, including those that have one pair of antenn'91, three pairs of mouth organs, and breathe air by means of trache'91, 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
Noun
insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species
n. pl.
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.
n.
In a more restricted sense, the Hexapoda alone. See
Hexapoda.
n.
In the most general sense, the Hexapoda, Myriapoda, and
Arachnoidea, combined.
Insecta
One of the classes of Arthropoda, including those that have one pair of antenn'91, three pairs of mouth organs, and breathe air by means of trache'91, 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
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