About The Word Insect
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Insect
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What's The Definition Of Insect?
[n] small air-breathing arthropod
[n] has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect Synonyms | Synonyms for Insect: dirt ball | louse | worm Related Terms | Find terms related to Insect: animal | ant | aphid | aphis | arachnid | arthropod | assassin bug | beast | bedbug | bee | beetle | bluebottle | borer | bug | butterfly | caddis fly | caterpillar | centipede | chafer | chigoe | chilopod | Chilopoda | Chordata | cicada | cicala | cockchafer | cockroach | crane fly | cricket | cucumber flea beetle | cur | curculio | daddy longlegs | damselfly | deer fly | diplopod | dobson fly | dog | dragonfly | drosophila | dung beetle | earwig | Echiuroidea | Ectoprocta | Entoprocta | ephemerid | firefly | flea | fly | gadfly | glowworm | gnat | grain weevil | grasshopper | harvestman | hexapod | hornet | hound | hyena | jigger | katydid | kissing bug | lacewing | lady beetle | ladybird | ladybug | lantern fly | larva | Lepisma | locust | louse | maggot | mantis | mayfly | mealworm | midge | millepede | miller | millipede | mite | mole cricket | mongrel | Monoplacophora | mosquito | moth | Nemertinea | nymph | Phoronidea | pig | polecat | reptile | rice weevil | roach | scarab | scorpion | serpent | silverfish | skunk | snake | spider | springtail | squash bug | stag beetle | stinkbug | stone fly | swine | syrphus fly | tarantula | termite | tick | tiger moth | tsetse fly | tumblebug | varmint | vermin | viper | walkingstick | wasp | water bug | weevil | whelp | wood tick | worm | yellow jacket See Also | air sac | ala | arthropod | Arthropoda | beetle | bird louse | biting louse | bug | clypeus | collembolan | defoliator | dictyopterous insect | dipteran | dipteron | dipterous insect | disagreeable person | earwig | ephemerid | ephemeropteran | flea | gallfly | hemipteran | hemipteron | hemipterous insect | heteropterous insect | homopteran | homopterous insect | hymenopter | hymenopteran | hymenopteron | hymenopterous insect | imago | leaf miner | leafminer | lepidopteran | lepidopteron | lepidopterous insect | louse | mecopteran | mentum | neuropteran | neuropteron | neuropterous insect | odonate | orthopteran | orthopteron | orthopterous insect | phasmid | phasmid insect | phylum Arthropoda | plecopteran | pollinator | proturan | psocopterous insect | pupa | queen | springtail | stone fly | stonefly | sucking louse | swarm | telsontail | termite | thorax | thysanopter | thysanopteron | thysanopterous insect | thysanuran insect | thysanuron | trichopteran | trichopteron | trichopterous insect | two-winged insects | unpleasant person | web spinner | white ant | wing | worker Insect In Webster's Dictionary \In"sect\, n. [F. insecte, L. insectum, fr. insectus, p.
p. of insecare to cut in. See {Section}. The name was
originally given to certain small animals, whose bodies
appear cut in, or almost divided. Cf. {Entomology}.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) One of the Insecta; esp., one of the Hexapoda.
See {Insecta}.
Note: The hexapod insects pass through three stages during
their growth, viz., the larva, pupa, and imago or
adult, but in some of the orders the larva differs
little from the imago, except in lacking wings, and the
active pupa is very much like the larva, except in
having rudiments of wings. In the higher orders, the
larva is usually a grub, maggot, or caterpillar,
totally unlike the adult, while the pupa is very
different from both larva and imago and is inactive,
taking no food.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Any air-breathing arthropod, as a spider or
scorpion.
3. (Zo["o]l.) Any small crustacean. In a wider sense, the
word is often loosely applied to various small
invertebrates.
4. Fig.: Any small, trivial, or contemptible person or thing.
--Thomson.
{Insect powder},a powder used for the extermination of
insects; esp., the powdered flowers of certain species of
{Pyrethrum}, a genus now merged in {Chrysanthemum}. Called
also {Persian powder}.
\In"sect\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to an insect or insects. 2. Like an insect; small; mean; ephemeral. |
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