insect

IPA: ˈɪnsɛkt

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.

Examples of "insect" in Sentences

| "An insect from the moon" — Ernst Jünger's Glass Bees »
The insect is irresistibly drawn to the sweet-smelling nectar and enters the mouth.
The insect is exposed to the odour in controlled pulses and simultaneously rewarded with sugar syrup.
Anya McKenzie, aged seven, bends forward to scrutinise a small brown object over which an insect is scurrying.
And pesticides are harmful to birds, causing effects ranging from a reduction in insect food to thinning eggshells.
In the case of pesticide resistance because the breathing skin of the insect is dysfunctional, is the creature really "more fit"?
Here's the source report: Deet inhibits cholinesterase: Evidence for inhibition of cholinesterases in insect and mammalian nervous systems by the insect repellent deet (BioMed Central)
Although, as I said before, I know only a few insects, I at once had the impression of something undreamed-of, something extremely bizarre — the impression, let us say, of an insect from the moon.
If you are stung on the neck or throat area, inside your mouth or the gastrointestinal tract (this commonly occurs when the insect is swallowed along with a beverage), there is a moderate risk for a complication.