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word "insect" comes from the latin word insectum , meaning "with a notched or divided body", or literally "cut into", from the neuter singular perfect passive participle of insectare , "to cut into, to cut up", from in- "into" and secare "to cut"; [ ] because insects appear "cut into" three sections
. a calque of greek ἔντομον [éntomon], "cut into sections", pliny the elder introduced the latin designation as a loan-translation of the greek word ἔντομος (éntomos) or "insect" (as in entomology ), which was aristotle 's term for this class of life, also in reference to their "notched" bodies...
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