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insect |
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A taxonomic class of arthropods that includes praying mantises, dragonflies, grasshoppers, true bugs, flies, bees, wasps, ants, butterflies, moths, and beetles. Members of the phylum Arthropoda composed or organisms characterized by division into three parts: head, thorax, and abdomen. They are the dominant group of animals on earth with several hundred thousand different kinds. Three orders, Hemiptera; Diptera; and Siphonaptera; are of medical interest in that they cause disease in humans and animals. |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_50557 |
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insects |
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| definition |
A taxonomic class of arthropods that includes praying mantises, dragonflies, grasshoppers, true bugs, flies, bees, wasps, ants, butterflies, moths, and beetles. Members of the phylum Arthropoda composed or organisms characterized by division into three parts: head, thorax, and abdomen. They are the dominant group of animals on earth with several hundred thousand different kinds. Three orders, Hemiptera; Diptera; and Siphonaptera; are of medical interest in that they cause disease in humans and animals. |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insect https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Insecta |
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Insecta |
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insect |
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QL461-QL599.82 |
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NCBITaxon:50557 |
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insect |
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