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Answer for the clue "Class comprising ants, flies, etc. ", 7 letters:
insecta

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Insecta \In*sec"ta\, n. pl. [NL. See Insect .] (Zo["o]l.) One of the classes of Arthropoda, including those that have one pair of antenn[ae], three pairs of mouth organs, and breathe air by means of trache[ae], opening by spiracles along the sides of the ...

Usage examples of insecta.

I hope our work on the Formicidae of Australasia will demonstrate is that the antibacterial struggle has also been waged by more complex species, including that most diverse class of species in the animal kingdom, the Insecta.

The class Insecta are free of neuroses, and I seldom get emotionally involved with their problems.

A keen student of humanity in the same way that an exterminator makes it his work to understand class Insecta, Dread had not failed to notice the change in her feelings about him.