insect legs
Six jointed limbs
Insect legs are the six jointed limbs characteristic of insects, attached in pairs to the thorax.
The term appears in biology education, entomology, and casual description of bugs.
Figuratively, something with insect legs is spindly or segmented: The tripod's insect legs splayed across the rocks.
Children learn that six legs distinguish insects from spiders.
- antennaeSensory appendages on insects
- thoraxCentral body cavity
- abdomenTorso's lower cavity
- body partsCorporeal structural elements
- exoskeletonExternal skeletal structure
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