Re: Flight only among Insecta?

In message <uranium-1182274593.146224.63150@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, UC <uraniumcommitteechairman@xxxxxxxxx> writes
>>You might also try content that hasn't been dealt with already. The word
>>has gained new meanings since 1589, and the old meaning has disappeared.
>>Unless you think that snails should be called "insects".

> It is not etymologically supported.

It seems to me that was in one of the dictionary definitions you posted.
Are you sure?

Do you know what etymology is? The origin of 'insect' is Latin insectum (sc animal); pl insecta., from past participle of insecare, cut into or up, from in + secare, cut. translation of Greek from Aristotle..... (from SOED)

Do you know what the etymological fallacy is?
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alias Ernest Major

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