insecta

insecta is a 7-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One of the classes of Arthropoda, including those that have one pair of antennae, three pairs of mouth organs, and breathe air by means of tracheae, 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. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. plural noun. One of the classes of Arthropoda, including those that have one pair of antennae, three pairs of mouth organs, and breathe air by means of tracheae, 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. noun. In a more restricted sense, the Hexapoda alone. See Hexapoda.
3. noun. In the most general sense, the Hexapoda, Myriapoda, and Arachnoidea, combined.
4. noun. insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species

   Synonyms: hexapoda

Synonyms

hexapoda

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in insecta:

acetins, casinet, cineast

Common word forms

insectation

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