in·sect ( n s kt )n. 1. a. Any of numerous usually small 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 two pairs of wings. Insects include the flies, crickets, mosquitoes, beetles, butterflies, and bees. b. Any of various similar arthropod animals, such as spiders, centipedes, or ticks. See Regional Note at lightning bug. 2. An insignificant or contemptible person. [Latin  nsectum, from neuter past participle of nsec re, to cut up (translation of Greek entomon, segmented, cut up, insect) : in-, in; see in-2 + secre, to cut; see sek- in Indo-European roots.]in sect adj.in sec·tival (nsk-tv l) adj. |
insect
Noun
1. a small animal that has six legs and usually has wings, such as an ant, fly or butterfly
2. (loosely) any similar invertebrate, such as a spider, tick, or centipede [Latin insectum (animal that has been) cut into]
| insect (nskt) Any of very numerous, mostly small arthropods of the class Insecta, having six segmented legs in the adult stage and a body divided into three parts (the head, thorax, and abdomen). The head has a pair of antennae and the thorax usually has one or two pairs of wings. Most insects undergo substantial change in form during development from the young to the adult stage. More than 800,000 species are known, most of them beetles. Other insects include flies, bees, ants, grasshoppers, butterflies, cockroaches, aphids, and silverfish. See Notes at biomassbugentomology |
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| Noun | 1. |  insect - small air-breathing arthropod Arthropoda, phylum Arthropoda - jointed-foot invertebrates: arachnids; crustaceans; insects; millipedes; centipedes arthropod - invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin clypeus - a shield-like plate on the front of an insect's head wing - a movable organ for flying (one of a pair) ala - a wing of an insect social insect - an insect that lives in a colony with other insects of the same species ephemeral, ephemeron - anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form holometabola, metabola - insects that undergo complete metamorphosis defoliator - an insect that strips the leaves from plants pollinator - an insect that carries pollen from one flower to another gallfly - any of various insects that deposit their eggs in plants causing galls in which the larvae feed mecopteran - any of various carnivorous insects of the order Mecoptera collembolan, springtail - any of numerous minute wingless primitive insects possessing a special abdominal appendage that allows the characteristic nearly perpetual springing pattern; found in soil rich in organic debris or on the surface of snow or water proturan, telsontail - any of several minute primitive wingless and eyeless insects having a cone-shaped head; inhabit damp soil or decaying organic matter beetle - insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings web spinner - any of a small order of slender typically tropical insects that nest in colonies in silken tunnels that they spin louse, sucking louse - wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals bird louse, biting louse, louse - wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting; mostly parasitic on birds flea - any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap dipteran, dipteron, dipterous insect, two-winged insects - insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing leaf miner, leaf-miner - any of various small moths or dipterous flies whose larvae burrow into and feed on leaf tissue especially of the family Gracilariidae hymenopter, hymenopteran, hymenopteron, hymenopterous insect - insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing worker - sterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for food and cares for the larvae orthopteran, orthopteron, orthopterous insect - any of various insects having leathery forewings and membranous hind wings and chewing mouthparts phasmid, phasmid insect - large cylindrical or flattened mostly tropical insects with long strong legs that feed on plants; walking sticks and leaf insects dictyopterous insect - cockroaches and mantids bug - general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate hemipteran, hemipteron, hemipterous insect, bug - insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis heteropterous insect - true bugs: insects whose forewings are membranous but have leathery tips homopteran, homopterous insect - insects having membranous forewings and hind wings psocopterous insect - small soft-bodied insect with chewing mouthparts and either no wings or two pairs ephemerid, ephemeropteran - short-lived insect plecopteran, stone fly, stonefly - primitive winged insect with a flattened body; used as bait by fishermen; aquatic gilled larvae are carnivorous and live beneath stones neuropteran, neuropteron, neuropterous insect - insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins odonate - large primitive predatory aquatic insect having two pairs of membranous wings |
| 2. | insect - a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable |
insect
noun bug, creepy-crawly Brit. (informal) gogga S. African (informal) >> adjective entomic >> collective noun swarm see see, ants, bees and wasps see see, beetles see see, butterflies and moths see see, flies
Translations
n insect [ˈinsekt]
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. insek حَشَرَه насекомо hmyz insekt das Insekt έντομο insecto putukas حشره hyönteinen insecte חָרָק कीड़ा kukac rovar serangga skordÿr insetto 昆虫 곤충 vabzdys insekts; kukainis serangga insekt insekt owad insecto insectă насекомое hmyz žuželka insekt insekt แมลง böcek 昆虫 комаха حشرہ côn trùng 昆虫
n insecticide [inˈsektisaid]
a substance (usually in powder or liquid form) for killing insects. insekdoder مُبيد للحَشَرات инсектицид insekticid insektmiddel das Insektizid εντομοκτόνο insecticida putukamürk حشره کش hyönteismyrkky insecticide קוֹטֶל-חֲרָקִים कीटनाशक पदार्थ insekticid rovarirtó insektisida skordÿraeitur insetticida 殺虫剤 살충제 insekticidas insekticīds; līdzeklis pret kukaiņiem racun serangga insekticide insekt(drepende) middel środek owadobójczy insecticida insecticid инсектицид insekticíd insekticid insekticid insektsmedel ยาฆ่าแมลง böcek ilâcı 殺虫劑 інсектицид, засіб від комах جراثيم کش thuốc trừ sâu 杀虫剂
adj insecˈtivorous [-ˈtivərəs]
(of plants or animals) feeding (mainly) on insects. insekte-etend حَشَري، مُقْتات على الحَشَرات насекомояден hmyzožravý insektædende insektenfressend εντομοφάγος insectívoro putuktoiduline حشره خوار hyönteisiä syövä insectivore אוֹכֵל חֲרָקִים कीटहारी, कीटभक्षी koji se hrani kukcima rovarevő pemakan serangga sem lifir á skordÿrum insettivoro 食虫性の 곤충을 잡아먹는 vabzdžiaėdis kukaiņēdājs- insektivor insektenetend insektetende owadożerny insectívoro insectivor насекомоядный hmyzožravý žužkojed bubojed insektsätande ซึ่งกินแมลงเป็นอาหาร böcek yiyen 食虫的 комахоїдний کرم خور ăn sâu bọ 食虫的
n insect repellent
a chemical preparation that repels insects. insekafweerder طارِد للحَشَرات препарат срещу насекоми repelent insektbekæmpelsesmiddel die Insektenfalle εντομοαπωθητικό repelente de insectos putukatõrjevahend ماده دفع کننده حشرات insectifuge דוֹחֶה חֲרָקִים kemijski preparat za odbijanje kukaca rovarriasztó (szer) obat antiserangga insetticida 虫よけ薬 vabzdžius atbaidantis chemikalas līdzeklis pret insektiem ubat anti serangga chemisch bestrijdingsmiddel insektmiddel środek przeciwko owadom средство от насекомых odpudzujúci prostriedok, repelent zaščitno sredstvo proti mrčesu sredstvo protiv insekata insektsmedel ยาฆ่าแมลง böcek kovan ilâç 殺虫劑 засіб від комах دافع حشرات thuốc trừ sâu 杀虫剂
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