Definitions for insect

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insect in·sect

Spelling: [in-sekt]

IPA: /ˈɪn sɛkt/

Insect is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 119 anagrams from letters in insect (ceinst).

Definitions for insect

noun

1. 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.
2. any small arthropod, such as a spider, tick, or centipede, having a superficial, general similarity to the insects. Compare arachnid.
3. a contemptible or unimportant person.

adjective

1. of, pertaining to, like, or used for or against insects:

Origin of insect

1595-1605; Latin insectum, noun use of neuter of insectus past participle of insecāre to incise, cut (cf. segment); translation of Greek éntomon insect, literally,

Examples for insect

Or that the least insect in Japan has a name twice the length of its body?

The paper was a contribution to the life-history of this minute insect.

The idea could be seen as well on cocktail looks in insect prints with appliqués winged insects resting on them.

The infighting, personality clashes, and insect politics of the academic world is so accurately funny it hurts.

When you crush an insect, you have all these long worms uncoiling from the belly.

An insect is squashed with a “sound like a burst of static.”

No; the spirit of a lion is not to be roused by the teasing of an insect.

There was no sound save the burring of some night insect over his head.

Bats are crucial to the ecosystem, performing extremely valuable jobs like pollination and insect control.

The russet of oranges is caused by the bite of an insect on the skin.