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plural insects
An arthropod (in the Insecta class) characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton. quotations examples
Nonetheless, some insect prey take advantage of clutter by hiding in it. Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.
2013 May-June, William E. Conner, “An Acoustic Arms Race”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, pages 206–7
(colloquial) Any small arthropod similar to an insect, including spiders, centipedes, millipedes, etc. examples
(derogatory) A contemptible or powerless person. examples