Crossword-Solution: INSECTA
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Insecta | 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. |
| Insecta | n. | In a more restricted sense, the Hexapoda alone. See Hexapoda. |
| Insecta | n. | In the most general sense, the Hexapoda, Myriapoda, and Arachnoidea, combined. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| INSECTA | anagram | CINEAST |
We have 6 clues for the answer “INSECTA”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Arthropod class | 1 answer |
| Bugs in a class? | 1 answer |
| Class comprising ants, flies, etc. | 1 answer |
| Class in the phylum Arthropoda | 1 answer |
| Class of beetles, bugs, bees, etc. | 1 answer |
| Fly class | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ETEAR
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greedy person
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Sentences with INSECTA (5)
Quo audito, ferox exit Tarentula ut muscas vel alia hujus modi insecta, quorum murmur esse putat, captat; captatur tamen ista a rustico insidiatore_." {5} 'The Tarantula, so dreadful at first sight, especially when we are filled with the idea that her bite is dangerous, so fierce in appearance, is nevertheless quite easy to tame, as I have often found by experiment.
While at the University, he was an Associate and afterwards a Member of the Ray Club: this is a small society which still meets once a week, and where the undergraduate members, or Associates, receive much kindly encouragement from their elders.) 'Insecta Maderensia': it is an ADMIRABLE work.
Trans." XXIV., 1862-3.) The more I read about plants the more I get to feel that all phanerogams seem comparable with one class, as lepidoptera, rather than with one kingdom, as the whole insecta.
Cryptogamic vegetation would have the advantage over Phanerogamic; Hydrozoa over Corals; Crustacea over Insecta, and Amphipoda and Isopoda over the higher Crustacea; Cetaceans and Seals over the Primates; the civilization of the Esquimaux over that of the European.
The two highest groups of the Annulosa, the Insecta and the Arachnida, are represented in the Coal, either by existing genera, or by forms differing from existing genera in quite minor peculiarities.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, NYT, WSJ.
Used 5 times in crossword archives (1957–2022).