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Definition of Insect
1. Noun. Small air-breathing arthropod.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod
Terms within: Clypeus, Wing, Ala, Air Sac, Thorax, Mentum
Specialized synonyms: Social Insect, Ephemeral, Ephemeron, Holometabola, Metabola, Defoliator, Pollinator, Gallfly, Mecopteran, Collembolan, Springtail, Proturan, Telsontail, Beetle, Web Spinner, Louse, Sucking Louse, Bird Louse, Biting Louse, Louse, Flea, Dipteran, Dipteron, Dipterous Insect, Two-winged Insects, Leaf Miner, Leaf-miner, Hymenopter, Hymenopteran, Hymenopteron, Hymenopterous Insect, Worker, Termite, White Ant, Orthopteran, Orthopteron, Orthopterous Insect, Phasmid, Phasmid Insect, Dictyopterous Insect, Bug, Bug, Hemipteran, Hemipteron, Hemipterous Insect, Heteropterous Insect, Homopteran, Homopterous Insect, Psocopterous Insect, Ephemerid, Ephemeropteran, Plecopteran, Stone Fly, Stonefly, Neuropteran, Neuropteron, Neuropterous Insect, Odonate, Trichopteran, Trichopteron, Trichopterous Insect, Thysanuran Insect, Thysanuron, Thysanopter, Thysanopteron, Thysanopterous Insect, Earwig, Lepidopteran, Lepidopteron, Lepidopterous Insect, Pupa, Imago, Queen
Examples of category: Holometabolism, Holometaboly, Chirpy
Derivative terms: Insectan
2. Noun. A person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect.
Definition of Insect
1. n. One of the Insecta; esp., one of the Hexapoda. See Insecta.
2. a. Of or pertaining to an insect or insects.
Definition of Insect
1. any of a class of small invertebrate animals [n -S]
Medical Definition of Insect
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