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1. (n.) insect
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having two antennae, three pairs of legs, and usu. two pairs of wings.
2. insect
any small arthropod, such as a spider, tick, or centipede, having a superficial, general similarity to members of the class Insecta.
3. insect
a contemptible or unimportant person.
4. (adj.) insect
of, pertaining to, like, or used for or against insects:
an insect bite; insect powder.
Etymology: (1595–1605; < L insecāre to incise, cut (cf. segment ); trans. of Gk éntomon insect, lit., notched or incised one; see entomo -)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) insect
small air-breathing arthropod
2. (noun) worm, louse, insect, dirt ball
a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect
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1. (noun) insect
a small creature with six legs and wings
butterflies, mosquitoes, and other insects
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) insect
of or pertaining to an insect or insects
2. (adj) insect
like an insect; small; mean; ephemeral
3. (noun) insect
one of the Insecta; esp., one of the Hexapoda. See Insecta
4. (noun) insect
any air-breathing arthropod, as a spider or scorpion
5. (noun) insect
any small crustacean. In a wider sense, the word is often loosely applied to various small invertebrates
6. (noun) insect
fig.: Any small, trivial, or contemptible person or thing
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Sense: any of many kinds of small six-legged creatures with wings and a body divided into sections
We were bothered by flies, wasps and other insects.
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 Afrikaans: insek |
 Arabic: حَشَرَه |
 Bulgarian: насекомо |
 Brazilian: inseto |
 Czech: hmyz |
 German: das Insekt |
 Danish: insekt |
 Greek: έντομο |
 Spanish: insecto |
 Estonian: putukas |
 Farsi: حشره |
 Finnish: hyönteinen |
 French: insecte |
 Hebrew: חָרָק |
 Hindi: कीड़ा |
 Croatian: kukac |
 Hungarian: rovar |
 Indonesian: serangga |
 Icelandic: skordÿr |
 Italian: insetto |
 Japanese: 昆虫 |
 Korean: 곤충 |
 Lithuanian: vabzdys |
 Latvian: insekts; kukainis |
 Malay: serangga |
 Dutch: insekt |
 Norwegian: insekt |
 Polish: owad |
 Persian: حشره |
 Pashto: حشره |
 Portuguese: insecto |
 Romanian: insectă |
 Russian: насекомое |
 Slovak: hmyz |
 Slovenian: žuželka |
 Serbian: insekt |
 Swedish: insekt |
 Thai: แมลง |
 Turkish: böcek |
 Taiwanese: 昆蟲 |
 Ukrainian: комаха |
 Urdu: حشرہ |
 Vietnamese: côn trùng |
 Chinese: 昆虫 |
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