different between insect vs dobsonfly

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

Unknown; possibly Dobson +? fly

Noun

dobsonfly (plural dobsonflies)

1. Any insect of the subfamily Corydalinae, whose males have long mandibles, found in the Americas and related most closely to the fishfly.

Translations

See also

• hellgramite (dobsonfly larva)

Further reading

• dobsonfly on Wikipedia.Wikipedia