noninsect

adjective

non·in·sect ˌnän-ˈin-ˌsekt

: not of, relating to, being, or caused by an insect or insects

non-insect arthropods

noninsect damage

noninsect noun

spiders and other noninsects

Examples of noninsect in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Conservation scientist Fabian Roger and his colleagues at Lund University found DNA traces and matched them with 85 species, including butterflies, beetles, ants and flies, as well as nine noninsect species such as frogs and birds. —

Katharine Gammon, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2022

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