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insect

pronunciation:: In sekt
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part of speech:	noun
definition:	An insect is a small animal that has six legs and a body that is divided into three parts. Many insects have one or two pairs of wings also. Flies, ants, mosquitoes, and bees are some kinds of insects. Spiders are not insects because they have eight legs, and their bodies are not divided into three parts. similar words: bug

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	behaviors of some insects
	building, defending, feeding, flying, stinging, sucking
	broader categories that include insects
	animal, arthropod, invertebrate
	parts of some insects
	antenna, wing
	produced by insects
	cocoon, honey, silk, wax
	similar to insects
	bug
	some examples of insects
	ant, bee, beetle, butterfly, cricket, dragonfly, firefly, fly, grasshopper, ladybug, mosquito, moth
	some growth stages of insects
	egg
	some places for insects
	hive, nest
	some things insects eat
	blood, flowers, fruit, insects, leaves, plants
	used by some insects
	flower

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