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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Insecta \In*sec"ta\, n. pl [NL. See {Insect}.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) One of the classes of Arthropoda, including those that have one pair of antenn[ae], three pairs of mouth organs, and breathe air by means of trache[ae], 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. (Zo["o]l.) In a more restricted sense the Hexapoda alone. See {Hexapoda}. 3. (Zo["o]l.) In the most general sense the Hexapoda, Myriapoda, and Arachnoidea, combined. Note: The typical Insecta, or hexapod insects, are divided into several orders viz.: {Hymenoptera}, as the bees and ants; {Diptera}, as the common flies and gnats; {Aphaniptera}, or fleas; {Lepidoptera}, or moths and butterflies; {Neuroptera}, as the ant-lions and hellgamite; {Coleoptera}, or beetles; {Hemiptera}, as bugs, lice, aphids; {Orthoptera}, as grasshoppers and cockroaches; {Pseudoneuroptera}, as the dragon flies and termites; {Euplexoptera}, or earwings; {Thysanura}, as the springtails, podura, and lepisma. See these words in the Vocabulary. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Diptera \Dip"te*ra\, n. pl [NL., fr Gr ? with two wings, di- = di`s- twice + ? feather, wing: cf F. dipt[`e]re.] (Zo["o]l.) An extensive order of insects having only two functional wings and two balancers, as the house fly, mosquito, etc They have a suctorial proboscis, often including two pairs of sharp organs (mandibles and maxill[ae]) with which they pierce the skin of animals. They undergo a complete metamorphosis, their larv[ae] (called maggots) being usually without feet. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Diptera n : true flies; mosquitoes; gnats; crane flies [syn: {Diptera}, {order Diptera}]
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