† insectiveadj.
Obsolete.
? Characteristic of insects.Apparently an isolated use.
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a1834 S. T. Coleridge in Fraser's Mag. (1835) 12 496 Productivity might be entitled the vegetative, or το ϕυο-ειδες; the insective, το εντομο-ειδες; and, lastly, the animal, το ιδιως-ζωικον.
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