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- entomo-, entom- (Greek: insect, bug; literally, "cut up, cut in pieces"; an insect because it appears to be segmented) (one matching result)
- acantho-, acanth-, -acanthid, -acanthous, -acanths (Greek: pointed appendages, spine, spiny, thorn, thorny) (one matching result)
- insecto-, insect-, insecti- (Latin: a bug; literally, "cut into," from insectum, with a notched or divided body; literally, "that which is cut up, segmented" [as the bodies of the first invertebrates to which the term was applied or appeared to be]) (one matching result)