English to English Dictionary -insects)

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Insect :: Insect (n.) One of the Insecta; esp., one of the Hexapoda. See Insecta..

Insect :: Insect (n.) Any air-breathing arthropod, as a spider or scorpion..

Insect :: Insect (n.) Any small crustacean. In a wider sense, the word is often loosely applied to various small invertebrates..

Insect :: Insect (n.) Fig.: Any small, trivial, or contemptible person or thing..

Insect :: Insect (a.) Of or pertaining to an insect or insects.

Insect :: Insect (a.) Like an insect; small; mean; ephemeral.

Insecta :: Insecta (n. pl.) One of the classes of Arthropoda, including those that have one pair of antennae, three pairs of mouth organs, and breathe air by means of tracheae, opening by spiracles along the sides of the body. In this sense it includes the Hexapoda, or six-legged insects and the Myriapoda, with numerous legs. See Insect, n..

Insecta :: Insecta (n.) In a more restricted sense, the Hexapoda alone. See Hexapoda..

Insecta :: Insecta (n.) In the most general sense, the Hexapoda, Myriapoda, and Arachnoidea, combined..

Insectary :: Insectary (n.) A place for keeping living insects.

Insectation :: Insectation (n.) The act of pursuing; pursuit; harassment; persecution.

Insectator :: Insectator (n.) A pursuer; a persecutor; a censorious critic.

Insected :: Insected (a.) Pertaining to, having the nature of, or resembling, an insect..

Insecticide :: Insecticide (n.) An agent or preparation for destroying insects; an insect powder.

Insectile :: Insectile (a.) Pertaining to, or having the nature of, insects..

Insection :: Insection (n.) A cutting in; incisure; incision.

Insectivora :: Insectivora (n. pl.) An order of mammals which feed principally upon insects.

Insectivora :: Insectivora (n. pl.) A division of the Cheiroptera, including the common or insect-eating bats..

Insectivore :: Insectivore (n.) One of the Insectivora.

Insectivores :: Insectivores (pl. ) of Insectivor.

Insectivorous :: Insectivorous (a.) Feeding or subsisting on insects; carnivorous.

Insectivorous :: Insectivorous (a.) plants which have some special adaptation for catching and digesting insects, as the sundew, Venus's flytrap, Sarracenia, etc..

Insectivorous :: Insectivorous (a.) the Insectivora, and to many bats, birds, and reptiles..

Insectologer :: Insectologer (n.) An entomologist.

Insectology :: Insectology (n.) Entomology.