insect
IPA: ˈɪnsɛkt
noun
- 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
- Ant is a hard working insect.
- Giant Insects are of the vermin type.
- It is the loudest insect in the world.
- Insects are the most likely pollinators.
- The larval stages of the insects mimic ants.
- Adults are the injurious stage of the insect.
- Entomology is the scientific study of insects.
- The larval stages of the insects mimics an ant.
- For insects, it is the opening of the genital duct.
- It is the most damaging insect pest of pecans in Texas.
- | "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.