different between insect vs dipterist

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 translingual Diptera +? -ist.

Noun

dipterist (plural dipterists)

1. An entomologist who specializes in the order Diptera (the true flies).
   • 1857, Henry Tibbats Stainton (editor), Review of Francis Walker, Insecta Britannica - Diptera, Volume 3, in The Entomologist's Annual, page 170,

     It must be very gratifying to Mr. Walker to hear the dictum of the great Dipterist of Posen, Professor Loew, that the arrangement “adopted by Mr. Walker is one of the best, or even the best, systematic arrangement of the Diptera that has yet been proposed."

   • 2010, Alan Stubbs, 27: Flies, beetles and bees, wasps and ants (Diptera, Coleoptera and aculeate Hymenoptera), Norman Maclean (editor), Silent Summer: The State of Wildlife in Britain and Ireland, page 496,

     The Dipterists Forum (flies) has over 300 members (also known for its journal Dipterists Digest), the Bees, Wasps and Ants Recording Society over 400 members (its journal is BWARS News) and the beetle enthusiasts have The Coleopterist journal, with 400 subscribers.