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Definition that contains insect
- bug insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis
- beetle insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
- insecta insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species
- neuropteran insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins
- two-winged insects insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing
- hymenopter insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing
- ranid insectivorous usually semiaquatic web-footed amphibian with smooth moist skin and long hind legs
- horned toad insectivorous lizard with hornlike spines on the head and spiny scales on the body; of western North America
- tree shrew insectivorous arboreal mammal of southeast Asia that resembles a squirrel with large eyes and long sharp snout
- hemipteran insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis