Look up: insect

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   Insect
   see 'insecta'
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   insect
   [n] - small air-breathing arthropod
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   Insect
   Anthropod with three pairs of legs (e.g.fly).
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   insect
   Insects are animals with jointed legs (arthropods) and external ‘skeletons`. They have 6 legs, e.g. flies, beetles and butterflies.
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   Insect
   Fleet Tender class [UK]
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   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. Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • a) a bore hole in plant tissue, particularly wood or bark, made by an adult insect for oviposition, entry or em...
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   Insect
   In'sect (ĭn'sĕkt) noun [ French insecte , Latin insectum , from insectus , past participle of insecare to cut in. See Section . The name was originally given to certain small animals, whose bodies appear cut in , or almost divided. Confer Entomology .] 1. (Zoology) One of the Insecta; esp., one of the Hexapoda. See I ...
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   Insect
   In'sect adjective 1. Of or pertaining to an insect or insects. 2. Like an insect; small; mean; ephemeral.
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   insect
   1. <zoology> One of the Insecta; especially, one of the Hexapoda. See Insecta. ... 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 ha ...
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    insect
    noun small air-breathing arthropod
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    Insect
    `Insects` (Class `Insecta`) are a major group of arthropods and the most diverse group of animals on the Earth, with over a million described species`more than half of all known living organisms`with published estimates of undescribed species as high as 30 million, thus potentially representing over 90% of the life forms on the planet. Insects may be found in nearly all environments on the planet, although only a small number of species occur in ...
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    insect
    (in´sekt) any individual of the class Insecta.
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    Insect
    • (n.) Any air-breathing arthropod, as a spider or scorpion. • (n.) Any small crustacean. In a wider sense, the word is often loosely applied to various small invertebrates. • (a.) Of or pertaining to an insect or insects. • (n.) Fig.: Any small, trivial, or contemptible person or thing. • (a.) Like an insect; small; mean; ...
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    insect
    any member of the largest class of the phylum Arthropoda, which is itself the largest of the animal phyla. Insects have segmented bodies, jointed ... [47 related articles]
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    insect
    insect, insects 1. A type of very small, air-breathing creature with six legs, a body divided into three parts and usually two pairs of wings; or, more generally, any similar very small animal: 'Ants, beetles, butterflies, and flies are all insects.' 2. Any of numerous usually small arthropod animals of the class Insecta, having an adult stage characterized by th...
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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.
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    insect
    
    1. small air-breathing arthropod
    2. has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect
    
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    insect
    A member of the class Insecta, which is in the phylum Arthropoda (see arthropods). This class contains organisms that in the adult normally have six legs, three distinct regions to the body (head, thorax, and abdomen), one pair of antennae, and, often, one or two pairs of wings. Most insects are ter...
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    insect
    insect, invertebrate animal of the class Insecta of the phylum Arthropoda. Like other arthropods, an insect has a hard outer covering, or exoskeleton, a segmented body, and jointed legs. Adult insects typically have wings and are the only flying invertebrates.The body of the typical adult insect is ...
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