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replaced 'six' with 'multiple sets of' (some species insect do in fact have more than six legs)
'''Insects''' are [[arthropod]]s with six legs and a body consisting of three sections: the [[head]], [[thorax]], and [[abdomen]]. They have an exoskeleton composed of [[chitin]], and segmented [[eye]]s. Many, but not all, insect species are [[wing]]ed.
'''Insects''' are [[arthropod]]s with multiple sets of legs and a body consisting of three sections: the [[head]], [[thorax]], and [[abdomen]]. They have an exoskeleton composed of [[chitin]], and segmented [[eye]]s. Many, but not all, insect species are [[wing]]ed.
There are an enormous number of insect [[species]] on earth, including [[fly|flies]], [[beetle]]s, and [[ant]]s. Some are notably mentioned in the [[sacred text]]s of some [[religion]]s, such as [[locust]]s, in the Egyptian plagues, and rules regarding their consumption in the following Scripture passages:
There are an enormous number of insect [[species]] on Terra, including [[fly|flies]], [[beetle]]s, and [[ant]]s. Some are notably mentioned in the [[sacred text]]s of some [[religion]]s, such as [[locust]]s, in the Egyptian plagues, and rules regarding their consumption in the following Scripture passages:
<blockquote>Leviticus 11:20-23 (KJV): All fowls that creep, going upon [all] four, [shall be] an abomination unto you. Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon [all] four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth; [Even] these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind. But all [other] flying creeping things, which have four feet, [shall be] an abomination unto you.</blockquote>
<blockquote>Leviticus 11:20-23 (KJV): All fowls that creep, going upon [all] four, [shall be] an abomination unto you. Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon [all] four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth; [Even] these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind. But all [other] flying creeping things, which have four feet, [shall be] an abomination unto you.</blockquote>