Insecta
Definition of Insecta
In`sec´ta | n. pl. | 1. | (Zool.) One of the classes of Arthropoda, including those that have one pair of antennæ, three pairs of mouth organs, and breathe air by means of tracheæ, 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. | (Zool.) In a more restricted sense, the Hexapoda alone. See Hexapoda. | | 3. | (Zool.) In the most general sense, the Hexapoda, Myriapoda, and Arachnoidea, combined. |
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Anoplura, Arthropoda, class, class Hexapoda, class Insecta, Coleoptera, Collembola, Corrodentia, Dermaptera, Dictyoptera, Diptera, Embiodea, Embioptera, Ephemerida, Ephemeroptera, Exopterygota, Hemimetabola, Hemiptera, Hexapoda, Hymenoptera, Isoptera, Lepidoptera, Mallophaga, Mantophasmatodea, 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 mantophasmatodea, 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
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