Insectěd, a

[Eng. insect; ed.] Segmented, so as to have the character of an insect. In-sect-I-çide, s. [Latin insectum=an insect and cædo (in comp.cido)=to kill.] 1. One who or that which kills insects. 2. The act of killing insects. 3. A substance or preparation used to kill insects. In-sect-ile, a. & s. [Eng. insect ; -ile , as if from a Mod. Lat. word in sec til is .] A. As adj .: Having the nature of insects. B. As subst.: An insect. IMG:content-1710.png:[blocks in formation] suff.-a.] 1. Zoology : (1) An order of Mammal i a established by Cuvier, who made it a family of his Carna iers (Carnivora). It is of higher organization than the Carnivora proper. Huxley arranges it under his Mammals which have a discoidal deciduate placenta, placing it between the Primates and the Cheiroptera. There are usually more than four incisors in eachjaw, and the molars have sharp and pointed cusps; the hallux po e es a claw, and has no marked freedom of adduction and abduction. Excepting in one genus, there are well-developed clavicles. The chief families are: (1) Talpide, (2) Potamogalidæ, (3) Soricide, (4) Erinaceide, (5) Centetide, (6) Macros cel ide, and (7) Galeopithecidæ (q. v.). (2) A section of Cheiroptera (Bats), containing the families Vesper til i on i dae, Rhino lop hide, Noctilionidae, and Phyllos tom ide. 2. Paleontology : (1) Several families of the order Insect i vor a are found in the Miocene. (2) Representatives of the cheiropterous section Insect i vor a are found from the Eocene onward. In-sect-i-vöre, s . [INSECT I VOR A.] Zool .: A member of the Insect i vor a (q. v.). "The Adapis of the Paris basin has recently been proved to be related to the hoofed quadrupeds and insect ivores ." - Dawkins : Early Man in Britain , ch. ii.