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insectiform

adj

Etymology

From insect + -iform.

  1. calqued from ἔντομον
  2. derived from īnsectum
  3. borrowed from insecte
  4. suffixed as insectiform — “insect + iform”

Definitions

  1. Resembling an insect.

    • The body it wears is insectiform, a fly—no, a wasp, crawling out of a fossilized nest somewhere near the bottom of the crust.

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