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insects

  • plural
    of insect.
    insect
    noun
    any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.

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After accounting for the unusual evolutionary history of the aculeate Hymenoptera, the researchers found that haplodiploid insects outside that group developed eusociality at rates similar to those seen in diploid insects.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026

Designed by Gaudí, the Nativity façade is both naturalistic and overflowing with natural imagery: lilies and palm trees, a tortoise and sea turtle, insects and frogs, sheep and ducks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

The insects protect their queen, collecting in a roiling, humming mass on his hand.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

It said the tell-tale signs of bedbugs include red, irritating bites and small blood smears on bed linen; and small brown insects in or around the sleeping area.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

Over ten feet tall, even hunched over, he shuffled through the mass of insects.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda