insecta

Questions about insecta

What does insecta mean?

insecta means "insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species".

How many syllables are in insecta?

insecta has 3 syllables: in-sec-ta. The stress falls on "in".

What is another word for insecta?

Close synonyms include class Insecta, Hexapoda, class Hexapoda. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is insecta a common word?

insecta is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.