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insect (Insect)

A Class of small Arthropods that are air-breathing and that are distinguished by appearance.

Ontology

Superclass(es)

[tree]

is subclass of

physical

is subclass of

object

is subclass of

self connected object

is subclass of

corpuscular object

is subclass of

organic object
is subclass of

is subclass of

[tree]

is subclass of

physical

is subclass of

object

is subclass of

agent

is subclass of

is subclass of

organism

is subclass of

animal

is subclass of

is subclass of

arthropod

is subclass of

insect

Coordinate term(s)

arachnid crustacean myriapod

Related WordNet synsets

Insecta, class Insecta, Hexapoda, class Hexapoda: insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species
insect: small air-breathing arthropod
insectan: of or relating to the class Insecta

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Axioms (1)

arthropod is disjointly decomposed into arachnid,myriapod,insect,crustacean.

(disjointDecomposition Arthropod Arachnid Myriapod Insect Crustacean)