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insect
English
Etymology
From Middle French insecte, from Latin ?nsectum (“with a notched or divided body, cut up”), from perfect passive participle of ?nsec? (“I cut into, I cut up”), from ?n- (“from in- before f or s”) + sec? (“I cut”), from the notion that the insect's body is "cut into" three sections. Calque of Ancient Greek ??????? (éntomon, “insect”), from ??????? (éntomos, “cut into pieces”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??ns?kt/
Noun
insect (plural insects)
- An arthropod (in the Insecta class) characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton.
- (colloquial) Any small arthropod similar to an insect including spiders, centipedes, millipedes, etc
- (derogatory) A contemptible or powerless person.
Synonyms
- bug (colloquial)
Derived terms
- insectageddon
- insecticidal
- insecticide
- insectiform
- insectile
- insectivore
- insectivorous
Translations
See also
- arachnid
- arthropod
- beetle
- bug
- chafer
- coleopter
- entomology
- larva
- worm
Further reading
- insect on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- insecta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- insect on Wikiquote.Wikiquote
- insect on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
- ceints, incest, nicest, scient
Dutch
Alternative forms
- (before 1996) insekt
Etymology
Originally having a wider meaning (sense 2), as in Aristotle. From Latin ?nsectum (“bug; cut up”), from ?nsec? (“I cut up into”). The Latin is a calque of Ancient Greek ??????? (éntomon, “bug”), from ??????? (éntomos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?s?kt/
- Hyphenation: in?sect
- Rhymes: -?kt
Noun
insect n (plural insecten, diminutive insectje n)
- insect, arthropod of the class Insecta.
- Synonyms: gekorven dier, kerfdier
- (now uncommon) bug (any small arthropod or invertebrate that somewhat resembles an insect)
- Synonym: gekorven dier
insect From the web:
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bristletail
English
Alternative forms
- bristle-tail
Etymology
bristle +? tail
Noun
bristletail (plural bristletail or bristletails)
- Any of various small, active six-legged arthropods that have two or three bristles at the ends of their abdomens and that do not have wings. These were formerly classified together in the insect subclass Apterygota or the order Thysanura but are no longer considered closely related:
- jumping bristletails in the insect order Archaeognatha [from 18th c.]
- insects in the order Zygentoma such as silverfish and firebrats
- two-pronged bristletails in the hexapod order Diplura
Translations
See also
- silverfish
bristletail From the web:
- what do bristletails eat
- what does bristletail mean
- what is a bristletail bug
- what is a bristletail insect
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