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insect

1 [ˈɪn.sekt] substantive

EKI Combined Dictionary 2026

Last modified 16.10.2025

Meanings

kuue jalaga lülijalgne, kolmeosalise kehaga selgrootu loom

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Zooloogias kuuluvad putukad koos ämblike, vähkide ja hulkjalgsetega lülijalgsete loomarühma. Putuka keha koosneb peast, rindmikust ja tagakehast.

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ID 684958 Last modified 30.12.2004
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Domain general zoologynature conservation
  • peaks, rindmikuks ja tagakehaks liigestunud kehaga ja kolme jalapaariga lülijalgne
  • putukad - lülijalgsete klass, mis hõlmab ligi 3/4 kõigist loomaliikidest
  • an animal belonging to the class Insecta of Arthropoda
  • a small invertebrate animal, usually having a body divided into segments, and several pairs of legs, and often winged; in popular use comprising, besides the animals scientifically so called, many other arthropods, as spiders, mites, centipedes, wood-lice, etc.
putukas
Usage examples
  • Loomakaitseseaduse ülesandeks on looduslikes ja tehistingimustes elavate loomade (imetajate, lindude, roomajate, kahepaiksete, kalade, putukate ja teiste elusolendite, välja arvatud mikroorganismid) kaitse inimese vägivalla eest.
insect
Usage examples
  • The fruit must be: (a) well dried, sound, that is to say, free from mould, rot, insects, whether live or dead, and insect excrement ...

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