different between insect vs chorion

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)

1. An arthropod (in the Insecta class) characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton.

2. (colloquial) Any small arthropod similar to an insect including spiders, centipedes, millipedes, etc

3. (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)

1. insect, arthropod of the class Insecta.

   Synonyms: gekorven dier, kerfdier

2. (now uncommon) bug (any small arthropod or invertebrate that somewhat resembles an insect)

   Synonym: gekorven dier

English

Etymology

From Late Latin chorion, from Ancient Greek ?????? (khórion, “membrane surrounding the fetus, afterbirth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k??i?n/

Noun

chorion (plural chorions or choria)

1. (anatomy, biology) The protective and nutritive membrane in higher vertebrates that attaches the fetus to the uterus.
   • 2002, Rovert E. A. Stewart, Barbara E. Stewart, Female Reproductive Systems, entry in Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, page 425,

     The allantois fuses with the chorion, forming a small round area, the allentochorion. This region becomes the placenta (Fig. 3).

   • 2006, Ona Marie Faye-Petersen, Debra S. Heller, Vijay V. Joshi, Handbook Of Placental Pathology, page 4,

     In this illustration, some license is taken, since the amnion is shown as still separate from the chorion; this is done to illustrate the process of apposition of the amniotic sac to the chorion and to accentuate the interposition of the yolk sac between the amnion and the chorion.
2. (biology, entomology) The outer case of an insect egg.
   • 2008, John L. Capinera, Eggs of Insects, entry in John L. Capinera (editor), Encyclopedia of Entomology, page 1290,

     In addition to facilitating gas exchange and water conservation, the chorion must, in some cases, allow uptake of water or liquid nutrients from the environment.

3. (botany) The outer membrane of seeds of plants.

Derived terms

Translations

French

Pronunciation

Noun

chorion m (plural chorions)

1. (anatomy) chorion (all senses)

Derived terms

• chorionique