Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Incised; cut into segments like an insect.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to, having the nature of, or resembling, an insect.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete Resembling or relating to an
insect .
Etymologies
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Examples
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"Buggy" is the collective noun for clowns, so it makes perfect sense that Cirque du Soleil's arachnid extravaganza, "Ovo," at the Santa Monica Pier, is peopled insected? with a dazzling array of bugs.
James Scarborough: "Ovo," Cirque du Soleil, Santa Monica Pier James Scarborough 2012
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"Buggy" is the collective noun for clowns, so it makes perfect sense that Cirque du Soleil's arachnid extravaganza, "Ovo," at the Santa Monica Pier, is peopled insected? with a dazzling array of bugs.
James Scarborough: "Ovo," Cirque du Soleil, Santa Monica Pier James Scarborough 2012
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"Buggy" is the collective noun for clowns, so it makes perfect sense that Cirque du Soleil's arachnid extravaganza, "Ovo," at the Santa Monica Pier, is peopled insected? with a dazzling array of bugs.
James Scarborough: "Ovo," Cirque du Soleil, Santa Monica Pier James Scarborough 2012
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"Buggy" is the collective noun for clowns, so it makes perfect sense that Cirque du Soleil's arachnid extravaganza, "Ovo," at the Santa Monica Pier, is peopled insected? with a dazzling array of bugs.
James Scarborough: "Ovo," Cirque du Soleil, Santa Monica Pier James Scarborough 2012
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"Buggy" is the collective noun for clowns, so it makes perfect sense that Cirque du Soleil's arachnid extravaganza, "Ovo," at the Santa Monica Pier, is peopled insected? with a dazzling array of bugs.
James Scarborough: "Ovo," Cirque du Soleil, Santa Monica Pier James Scarborough 2012
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Again, the body in these animals is insected-the reason for this being that they have not got one vital centre but many-and the number of their feet corresponds to that of the insections.
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The body, then, seems divided or _insected_ into three regions, whence the name _insect_.
Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses 1872
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Cirque du Soleil's arachnid extravaganza, "Ovo," at the Santa Monica Pier, is peopled insected? with a dazzling array of bugs.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com James Scarborough 2012
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These animals then have their bodies insected, not only for the reasons already assigned, but also to enable them to curl round in such a manner as may protect them from injury; for such insects as have long bodies can roll themselves up, which would be impossible were it not for the insections; and those that cannot do this can yet draw their segments up into the insected spaces, and so increase the hardness of their bodies.
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