Australian English Meaning of insect

insect

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Definitions and Meaning of insect in English

Wordnet

insect (n)

small air-breathing arthropod

a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect

Webster

insect (n.)

One of the Insecta; esp., one of the Hexapoda. See Insecta.

Any air-breathing arthropod, as a spider or scorpion.

Any small crustacean. In a wider sense, the word is often loosely applied to various small invertebrates.

Fig.: Any small, trivial, or contemptible person or thing.

Webster

insect (a.)

Of or pertaining to an insect or insects.

Like an insect; small; mean; ephemeral.

FAQs About the word insect

insect

small air-breathing arthropod, a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respectOne of the Insecta; esp., one of the Hexapoda. See Insecta.

Cipher,dwarf,lightweight,no one,pygmy,Prawn,half-pint,inferior,insignificance,mouthful

big wheel,Celebrity,chief,Eminence,figure,head,kingpin,lead,leader,magnate

insecable => indivisible, insearch => searching, inseaming => inseaming, inseamed => inseamed, inseam => Inseam,