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> 

> My purpose on this list is not to teach elementary subjects

> which anyone interested can look up for themselves. The word

> 'insect' at the time the King James Bible was translated did

> not mean a six-legged creature as it generally does now. The

> word insect then and now includes such creatures as spiders,

> ticks, and even centipedes. See _The Random House Dictionary

> of the English Language, the Unabridged Edition_ and the

> _Oxford Annotated Bible_.

> 

 DAVE G.
Oops, you made an error. The word "insect" does NOT  now include spiders
and ticks (arachnida) that have eight legs while centipedes (Chilopoda)
usually have 1 pair of legs per segment for a total of between 15 and
177 pairs of legs (depending on species).

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