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Noun: Insecta  in'sek-tu
  1. Insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species
    - class Insecta, Hexapoda, class Hexapoda

Type of: class

Part of: Arthropoda, phylum Arthropoda

Encyclopedia: Insecta