Definition of Insect

Insect
(n.)
One of the Insecta; esp., one of the Hexapoda. See Insecta.
  
(n.)
Fig.: Any small, trivial, or contemptible person or thing.
  
(n.)
Any small crustacean. In a wider sense, the word is often loosely applied to various small invertebrates.
  
(n.)
Any air-breathing arthropod, as a spider or scorpion.
  
(a.)
Of or pertaining to an insect or insects.
  
(a.)
Like an insect; small; mean; ephemeral.
  

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Noun
1. small air-breathing arthropod
(hypernym) arthropod
(hyponym) ephemera, ephemeron
(member-holonym) Arthropoda, phylum Arthropoda
(part-meronym) clypeus
(class) holometabolism, holometaboly
2. a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect
(synonym) worm, louse, dirt ball
(hypernym) unpleasant person, disagreeable person

insect
      incest      nicest

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insect
\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?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?l.) any air-breathing arthropod, as a spider or scorpion.
3. (zo?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.
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.
insect
\in"sect\ (?), a. 1. of or pertaining to an insect or insects.
2. like an insect; small; mean; ephemeral.
insect
n
1. small air-breathing arthropod
2. has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect [syn: worm, louse, dirt ball]

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 gall insect 
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 manna insect 
 wax insect 
 boat insect 
 itch insect 
 snow insect 
 leaf insect 
 insect repellent 
 dipterous insect 
 lepidopterous insect 
 insect repellant 
 trichopterous insect 
 insect powder 
 mange insect 
 insect bite 

Insect
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Insect
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Insect
Relatively small and simple animals that have a rigid external skeleton, three body sections, three pairs of legs, and antennae. These organisms are the most abundant group of eukaryotes on the Earth.

Insect
Insects are animals belonging to the class Hexapoda. They have a segmented body with three distinct regions; the head, the thorax, and the abdomen. The head bears one pair of antennae, compound eyes, and the mouthparts. The thorax bears three pairs of legs (one on each of the three thoracic segments). The thorax bears often one or two pairs of wings (on the second and/or third thoracic segments). A gonopore is present at the posterior end of the abdomen.

Acarophobia
Fear of itching or of the insects that cause itching

Apiphobia
Fear of bees

Arachneophobia
Fear of spiders
Also known as Arachnophobia

Insectophobia
Fear of insects

Isopterophobia
Fear of termites, insects that eat wood

Insect
Things bugging you

Insect

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