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Word: Insect
Speech Type: Noun
early 17th century (originally denoting any small cold-blooded creature with a segmented body): from Latin (animal) insectum ‘segmented (animal)’ (translating Greek zōion entomon), from insecare ‘cut up or into’, from in- ‘into’ + secare ‘to cut’
ˈɪnsɛkt
a small arthropod animal that has six legs and generally one or two pairs of wings
Short Definition:small arthropod animal that has six legs and generally one or two pairs of wings
Examples:- insect pests
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