Oracle
Insects have eight legs. Answer true or false.
Answer
false
- insects
- Members of class Insecta; their standard body plan has six legs.
- sources
- naturalhistory.si.edu, en.wikipedia.org, encyclopaedia britannica, "insect" (class insecta is defined by having three pairs of legs, i.e. six legs, attached to the thorax), encyclopaedia britannica, "insect" (class insecta is defined by three pairs of thoracic legs, i.e. six legs; eight legs is characteristic of class arachnida), encyclopaedia britannica, "insect" (entomology reference): insects are defined as having six legs (three pairs), distinguishing them from arachnids (eight legs, e.g. spiders) within the arthropod phylum., encyclopaedia britannica, "insect" (https://www.britannica.com/animal/insect): "the body... bear three pairs of jointed legs" — insects have six legs, not eight (eight legs is characteristic of arachnids, e.g. spiders)., encyclopaedia britannica, "insect" (https://www.britannica.com/animal/insect): class insecta is defined by, among other traits, three pairs of legs (six legs total), not eight., encyclopaedia britannica, "insect" entry (britannica.com/animal/insect): "all insects have three pairs of legs as adults" i.e. six legs, not eight., encyclopaedia britannica, "insect" entry (class insecta is defined by three pairs of legs, i.e. six legs, on the thorax), encyclopaedia britannica, "insect" entry (https://www.britannica.com/animal/insect): insects are defined as having three pairs of legs (six legs total), not eight; merriam-webster dictionary definition of "insect" corroborates six legs as a defining characteristic of the class insecta (eight legs is characteristic of arachnids, e.g. spiders), encyclopaedia britannica, "insect" entry: "adult insects ... three pairs of legs"; merriam-webster dictionary definition of "insect": "any of a class (insecta) of arthropods ... with ... three pairs of legs", encyclopaedia britannica, "insect" entry: insects are arthropods of class insecta characterized by three pairs of jointed legs; eight legs is a defining trait of class arachnida (e.g., spiders), not insecta., encyclopaedia britannica, "insect" entry: insects are arthropods with three pairs of legs (six legs); eight legs is characteristic of arachnids (e.g. spiders), not insects, encyclopaedia britannica, "insect" entry: insects are defined as hexapod arthropods with six legs (three pairs), distinguishing them from arachnids (eight legs)., encyclopaedia britannica, "insect" entry: insects are defined as hexapod arthropods with three pairs of legs; eight legs is characteristic of arachnids (e.g., spiders), not insects., encyclopaedia britannica, "insect" entry: insects are hexapod arthropods, defined by having three pairs of legs (six legs total), not eight, encyclopaedia britannica, "insect" entry: insects are hexapods with three pairs of legs (six legs), not eight (eight legs is characteristic of arachnids, e.g. spiders)., encyclopaedia britannica, 'insect' (class insecta is defined by three pairs of legs, i.e. six legs, attached to the thorax), encyclopaedia britannica, 'insect' (https://www.britannica.com/animal/insect): "adults are characterized by... three pairs of legs." confirmed by merriam-webster dictionary definition of 'insect': "any of numerous small invertebrate animals... that... typically have the body divided into head, thorax, and abdomen, and have three pairs of legs.", encyclopaedia britannica, 'insect' (https://www.britannica.com/animal/insect): insects are defined as having six legs, in three pairs, attached to the thorax., encyclopaedia britannica, 'insect' entry (britannica.com/animal/insect): 'adults have three pairs of legs.' corroborated by merriam-webster's definition of 'insect': 'any of numerous small invertebrate animals ... that ... typically have the body divided into head, thorax, and abdomen, only three pairs of legs, and one or two pairs of wings.', encyclopaedia britannica, 'insect' entry: 'adult insects... have three pairs of legs'; merriam-webster dictionary definition of 'insect': 'any of a class (insecta) of small arthropod animals... having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen) and bearing three pairs of legs'., encyclopaedia britannica, 'insect' entry: 'adult insects... have... three pairs of jointed legs', encyclopaedia britannica, 'insect' entry: 'insects... have a three-part body... and six legs', encyclopaedia britannica, 'insect' entry: 'insects... have... three pairs of legs' (hexapod body plan); arachnids (e.g. spiders), which have eight legs, are a separate class (arachnida), not insects., encyclopaedia britannica, 'insect' entry: 'insects... have... three pairs of legs'; merriam-webster dictionary definition of 'insect': 'any of a class (insecta) of arthropods... with the body divided into three regions (head, thorax, and abdomen) and bearing three pairs of legs and typically two pairs of wings'., encyclopaedia britannica, 'insect' entry: 'insects... three pairs of legs'; merriam-webster definition of 'insect': 'any of numerous small invertebrate animals... that has... three pairs of legs'., encyclopaedia britannica, 'insect' entry: insects are defined as hexapod arthropods with three pairs of legs, encyclopaedia britannica, 'insect' entry: insects are defined as hexapod arthropods with three pairs of legs (six legs total), encyclopaedia britannica, 'insect' entry: insects are defined as hexapod arthropods with three pairs of legs (six legs total), not eight, encyclopaedia britannica, 'insect' entry: insects are hexapods, defined by having three pairs of legs (six legs total), not eight, encyclopaedia britannica, entry 'insect' (class insecta is defined by, among other traits, three pairs of jointed legs, i.e. six legs), encyclopaedia britannica, entry 'insect': class insecta is characterized by six legs (three pairs), encyclopaedia britannica, entry 'insect': insecta is defined by having three pairs of legs (six legs total), attached to the thorax; this distinguishes class insecta from class arachnida (spiders, which have eight legs)., encyclopedia britannica, 'insect' (https://www.britannica.com/animal/insect): adult insects have six legs, three pairs attached to the thorax, entomological taxonomy (class insecta): adult insects have three pairs of legs (six legs total), attached to the thorax, as a defining anatomical characteristic of the class. standard reference: e.g. encyclopaedia britannica, "insect" entry, and general entomology textbooks (e.g. gullan & cranston, the insects: an outline of entomology)., entomology reference: adult insects have three pairs of jointed legs (six total) on the thorax; spiders have eight. sources consulted: https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/assets/education/bioblitz/insect_poster.pdf and https://cas.wsu.edu/?p=29673 (washington state university, ask dr. universe: why do insects have six legs), genent.cals.ncsu.edu, kansas state research and extension, introduction to insects (entomology), https://4-h.ksu.edu/projects/natural-resources/entomology/docs/intro-into-insects-entomology.pdf : insects belong to subphylum hexapoda, 'six legs', three pairs of thoracic legs, national park service, ocmulgee mounds nhp, 'insects' nature page (https://www.nps.gov/ocmu/learn/nature/insects.htm), which states insects have six legs; arachnids such as spiders have eight, naturalhistory.si.edu, panel evidence: standard zoology (insects are hexapods; six legs attached to the three thoracic segments). checked via web search results including wildlifetrusts.org (afi session resource), careers360 'how many legs do insects have', and autodesk 'do insects all have 6 legs'. spiders and other arachnids have eight legs; the claim is false., smithsonian national museum of natural history, 'what is an insect?': https://naturalhistory.si.edu/education/teaching-resources/life-science/what-insect, smithsonian national museum of natural history, what is an insect? https://naturalhistory.si.edu/education/teaching-resources/life-science/what-insect, smithsonian national museum of natural history, what is an insect? https://naturalhistory.si.edu/education/teaching-resources/life-science/what-insect (states insects have six legs; spiders have eight), standard entomology reference (e.g. encyclopaedia britannica, 'insect'; borror and delong's introduction to the study of insects): insects have six legs, three pairs on the thorax; eight legs is the arachnid count, wikipedia, "insect" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/insect): "adult insects can be distinguished by their three-part body plan, with head, thorax, and abdomen; they have three pairs of legs on the thorax"; "many adult insects use six legs for walking"., wikipedia, "insect" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/insect): "whether winged or not, adult insects can be distinguished by their three-part body plan, with head, thorax, and abdomen; they have three pairs of legs on the thorax." three pairs of legs is six legs, not eight, so the claim is false., wikipedia, 'insect' (anatomy: thorax) and standard entomology texts: insects have six legs; eight-legged arthropods are arachnids, wikipedia, 'insect' article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/insect): insects are hexapods with six legs, three pairs attached to the thorax, wikipedia, 'insect' article, page summary (https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/page/summary/insect): 'insects have an exoskeleton, a three-part body, three pairs of jointed legs, ...', wikipedia, article "insect" (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/insect): lead image caption states insects have "a thorax with three pairs of legs", and the walking section states "many adult insects use six legs for walking, with an alternating tripod gait." six legs is not eight, so the proposition is false., wikipedia, insect (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/insect): 'insects have an exoskeleton, a three-part body ... three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes, and a pair of antennae.' three pairs = six legs, so the claim of eight legs is false., www.britannica.com, www.uky.edu
Work
- pinnedblocks 26,120,376 to 26,120,674 to · on Ethereum mainnet
- answered146 of 146 agreed140 needed
#798falsefrom naturalhistory.si.edu
#52falsefrom en.wikipedia.org
#671falsefrom www.britannica.com
#88falseEncyclopaedia Britannica, "Insect" entry (britannica.com/animal/insect): "all insects have three pairs of legs as adults" i.e. six legs, not eight.
#608falsefrom naturalhistory.si.edu141 more
- signed
by the attester 0x5598…2982expired
Checking the signature in this browser.
- typed data
- the exact bytes a consumer verifies, as JSON
- attester
- 0x5598aa9146215bc13eb26f2c692ad1461fd32982
- signature
- 0xdcdfc313d4306077df0cc9446964d1199fed4348d90af6ab03250181421e4e17628145a7b68e990870b42b0f4d315d5c5fb913caf4183da465b827ffd79339a71c
- signed panel
- 146 agreed · quorum 140 · 200 seats
- question hash
- 0x7d0b97de324cd4c672960781716a2b717a8abfbf1b573e10457e9157bbd06b0b
- answer type
- bool
- consumer
- none named; signed for the zero address