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[-] sbeak@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Poisonous: harms you if you touch or eat it

Venomous: harms you by injecting a toxin (through biting, stinging, etc.)

I know there's a few poisonous butterflies (e.g. the Monarch butterfly), and I can find a few other insects listed on Wikipedia (and I'm sure there are others not on there too)

[-] Slashme@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Note that "poisonous" has always also had the meaning of "harms by injecting a toxin" (the Wiktionary entry "poisonous" has examples from the 1600s to the 2000s).

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