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What is "insect" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does insect mean in English? Meaning of insect definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "insect" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "insect": small air-breathing arthropod

Noun

  • Meaning: small air-breathing arthropod
  • Synonyms: insect
  • Hyponyms: beetle bird louse biting louse bug collembolan defoliator dictyopterous insect dipteran dipteron dipterous insect earwig ephemeral ephemerid ephemeron ephemeropteran flea gallfly hemipteran hemipteron hemipterous insect heteropterous insect holometabola homopteran homopterous insect hymenopter hymenopteran hymenopteron hymenopterous insect imago leaf miner leaf-miner lepidopteran lepidopteron lepidopterous insect louse mecopteran metabola neuropteran neuropteron neuropterous insect odonate orthopteran orthopteron orthopterous insect phasmid phasmid insect plecopteran pollinator proturan psocopterous insect pupa queen social insect springtail stone fly stonefly sucking louse telsontail termite thysanopter thysanopteron thysanopterous insect thysanuran insect thysanuron trichopteran trichopteron trichopterous insect two-winged insects web spinner white ant worker
  • Hypernyms: arthropod
  • Part Holonyms: air sac ala clypeus mentum thorax wing

    • Meaning of "insect": a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect

    Noun

  • Meaning: a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect
  • Synonyms: dirt ball insect louse worm
  • Hypernyms: disagreeable person unpleasant person

    • Synonyms:

    tick, vermin, pest, mite, bee, fly, louse, arachnid, butterfly, gnat, dragonfly, moth, grasshopper, spider, cockroach, termite, ant, mosquito, beetle, flea, fruit fly, aphid, ladybug, cootie, bumblebee, bedbug, arthropod, hornet, daddy longlegs, praying mantis, yellowjacket,

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    insect in English: insect
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