ALL meanings of insect
in·sect
I i - noun 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 three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings. 1
- noun insect any small arthropod, such as a spider, tick, or centipede, having a superficial, general similarity to the insects. Compare arachnid. 1
- noun insect a contemptible or unimportant person. 1
- adjective insect of, pertaining to, like, or used for or against insects: an insect bite; insect powder. 1
- noun insect A small arthropod animal that has six legs and generally one or two pairs of wings. 1
- noun insect small six-legged creature 1
- adjective insect relating to insects 1
- noun insect An arthropod in the class Insecta, characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton. 0
- noun insect (Colloquial) Any small arthropod similar to an insect including spiders, centipedes, millipedes, etc. 0
- noun insect A contemptible or powerless person. 0
- countable noun insect An insect is a small animal that has six legs. Most insects have wings. Ants, flies, butterflies, and beetles are all insects. 0
- noun insect 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 0
- noun insect (loosely) any similar invertebrate, such as a spider, tick, or centipede 0
- noun insect a contemptible, loathsome, or insignificant person 0
- noun insect 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 0
- noun insect any small arthropod, usually wingless, including spiders, centipedes, pill bugs, and mites 0
- noun insect an unimportant or contemptible person 0