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'''Are centaurs insects?'''
'''Are centaurs insects?''' is a question which asks if a mythological creature is a member of a nonfictional taxonomic category.


No.
The answer is no.


Centaurs do not have exoskeletons and are therefore not members of ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthropod Euarthropoda]'', the phylum which includes insects, arachnids, myriapods, and crustaceans.
Centaurs do not have exoskeletons and are therefore not members of ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthropod Euarthropoda]'', the phylum which includes insects, arachnids, myriapods, and crustaceans.

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Are centaurs insects? is a question which asks if a mythological creature is a member of a nonfictional taxonomic category.

The answer is no.

Centaurs do not have exoskeletons and are therefore not members of Euarthropoda, the phylum which includes insects, arachnids, myriapods, and crustaceans.

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