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   insect

   /ˈɪnsɛkt/

   noun

   • 1. a small arthropod animal that has six legs and generally one or two pairs of wings: "insect pests"
   • ▪ any small invertebrate animal such as a spider or tick.

   Word Origin 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’.

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