insect

Definition of Insect in English :

see synonyms of insect

Noun

1. insect

small air-breathing arthropod

2. dirt ball, insect, louse, worm

a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Insect

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noun

1.

any small air-breathing arthropod of the class Insecta, having a body divided into head, thorax, and abdomen, three pairs of legs, and (in most species) two pairs of wings. Insects comprise about five sixths of all known animal species, with a total of over one million named species

▶ Related adjective: entomic

2.

(loosely) any similar invertebrate, such as a spider, tick, or centipede

3.

a contemptible, loathsome, or insignificant person

Insect

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noun

1.

any of a large class (Insecta) of small arthropod animals characterized, in the adult state, by division of the body into head, thorax, and abdomen, three pairs of legs on the thorax, and, usually, two pairs of membranous wings, including beetles, bees, flies, wasps, and mosquitoes

2. Popularly

any small arthropod, usually wingless, including spiders, centipedes, pill bugs, and mites

3.

an unimportant or contemptible person

Insect

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n.

1.

a. Any of numerous arthropod animals of the class Insecta, having an adult stage characterized by three pairs of legs and a body segmented into head, thorax, and abdomen and usually having one or two pairs of wings. Insects include the flies, crickets, mosquitoes, beetles, butterflies, and bees.

b. Any of various other small, chiefly arthropod animals, such as spiders, centipedes, or ticks, usually having many legs. Not in scientific use.

2. An insignificant or contemptible person.

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