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Insects — est un des morceaux les plus marquants du groupe new wave anglais Altered Images, issu de leur album Happy Birthday de 1981. Reposant sur une rythmique saccadée tout d abord apaisante puis frénétique, il met en valeur la voix aigüe et juvénile de … Wikipédia en Français
insects — The famous local danger is the funnel web spider, the most poisonous insect in the world (Bryson, In a Sunburned Country). I can affirm from experience that if you describe spiders as insects, you will be swiftly informed from many quarters… … Dictionary of troublesome word
insects — It is always worth remembering that the term does not apply to spiders, mites, and ticks, which are arachnids, a different class of creature altogether. Although some dictionaries (American Heritage, for one) allow the looser usage in informal… … Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors
Insects (The History of the Galaxy) — Insects are an alien race in The History of the Galaxy series of novels by Russian science fiction writer Andrey Livadny.The first encounter between humans and Insects is described in the novel Demeter , although signs of the race s former glory… … Wikipedia
Insects on stamps — Almost every country has featured insects on stamps. Insect related topics such as the mosquito eradication programme of the 1960s (anti malaria) as well as graphic designs based on insects have also appeared.ee also* Topical stamp… … Wikipedia
insects — n.; n. pl. [L. insectum, cut into] A class of Arthropoda generally having a tracheate respiratory system, a single pair of antennae, and the body somites grouped into three functional tagmata: the head, thorax (bearing three pairs of legs) and… … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
insects — Almost all species of North American bats are insectivores [23]. See also carnivore; herbivore; omnivore … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
insects — in·sect || ɪnsekt n. member of a group of very small invertebrate animals having segmented bodies and three pairs of legs, bug; very small animal which resembles an insect (i.e. spider); unimportant person … English contemporary dictionary
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Defense in insects — Biston betularia: the melanic carbonaria (left) and the more common light colored typica (right) Insects have a wide variety of predators, including birds, reptiles, amphibians … Wikipedia
