insect outbreak

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• insect — insectival /in sek tuy veuhl/, adj. /in sekt/, n. 1. any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two… …   Universalium

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• outbreak — noun Date: 1602 1. a. a sudden or violent increase in activity or currency < the outbreak of war > b. a sudden rise in the incidence of a disease < an outbreak of measles > c. a sudden increase in numbers of a harmful organism and especially an… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• outbreak — out·break au̇t .brāk n 1) a sudden rise in the incidence of a disease <an outbreak of measles> 2) a sudden increase in numbers of a harmful organism and esp. an insect within a particular area <an outbreak of locusts> …   Medical dictionary

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