Insect

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Noun

Insect (plural Insects)
  1. An arthropod in the class Insecta, 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. A contemptible or powerless person.

Adjectives for Insect

individual; venomous; luminous; industrious; blundering; coral; silken-winged; bloated; noisome; dormant; swarming; glittering; populous; all-devouring; melodious; gorgeous; countless (plural); injurious; ubiquitous; energetic; acquisitive; sweet; throbbing; mottled; destructive; painless; annoying; voracious; multitudinous (pi).

Thesaurus

animal, ant, aphid, aphis, arachnid, arthropod, assassin bug, beast, bedbug, bee, beetle, bluebottle, borer, bug, butterfly, caddis fly, caterpillar, centipede, cicada, cicala, cockchafer, cockroach, crane fly, cricket, cucumber flea beetle, cur, damselfly, deer fly, dog, dragonfly, drosophila, dung beetle, earwig, ephemerid, firefly, flea, fly, gadfly, glowworm, gnat, grain weevil, grasshopper, hornet, hound, hyena, jigger, katydid, kissing bug, lacewing, lady beetle, ladybird, ladybug, lantern fly, larva, locust, louse, maggot, mantis, mayfly, mealworm, midge, millepede, miller, millipede, mite, mole cricket, mongrel, mosquito, moth, nymph, pig, polecat, reptile, rice weevil, roach, scarab, scorpion, serpent, silverfish, skunk, snake, spider, stinkbug, stone fly, swine, tarantula, termite, tick, tiger moth, tsetse fly, tumblebug, varmint, vermin, viper, wasp, water bug, weevil, whelp, wood tick, worm, yellow jacket

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