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insects

2 definitions • 2 examples
1
a type of very small animal with six legs, a body divided into three parts and usually two pairs of wings, or, more generally, any similar very small animal:

Examples:

Ants, beetles, butterflies, and flies are all insects.
insect bite I've got some sort of insect bite on my leg.
2
a type of small animal with six legs, a body divided into three parts, and often two pairs of wings, for example, an ant, beetle, or butterfly

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