Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to or characteristic of insects.

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Examples

  • Could it be that they blanch or otherwise precook the bacon a bit before wrapping around the dates and cheese to simplify the baking and timing? sarah said ... plau: yes, well, i just realized that they do have a wee bit of an insectine quality! nosh: haven't seen the liza loeb thing, but i do remember catchng an episode of the show she and dweezil had on the food network and thought it to be a little ... weird.

    The Delicious Life 2009

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