Definition of insect

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

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Insectologer :: Insectologer (n.) An entomologist.
Hedgehog :: Hedgehog (n.) A small European insectivore (Erinaceus Europaeus), and other allied species of Asia and Africa, having the hair on the upper part of its body mixed with prickles or spines. It is able to roll itself into a ball so as to present the spines outwardly in every direction. It is nocturnal in its habits, feeding chiefly upon insects..
Creepiness :: Creepiness (n.) An uneasy sensation as of insects creeping on the skin.
Pleuron :: Pleuron (n.) One of the lateral pieces of a somite of an insect.
Ulonata :: Ulonata (n. pl.) A division of insects nearly equivalent to the true Orthoptera.
Wax :: Wax (n.) A substance similar to beeswax, secreted by several species of scale insects, as the Chinese wax. See Wax insect, below..
Raptorial :: Raptorial (a.) Adapted for seizing prey; -- said of the legs, claws, etc., of insects, birds, and other animals..
Prescutum :: Prescutum (n.) The first of the four pieces composing the dorsal part, or tergum, of a thoracic segment of an insect. It is usually small and inconspicuous..
Parasita :: Parasita (n. pl.) An artificial group formerly made for parasitic insects, as lice, ticks, mites, etc..
Caterpillar :: Caterpillar (n.) The larval state of a butterfly or any lepidopterous insect; sometimes, but less commonly, the larval state of other insects, as the sawflies, which are also called false caterpillars. The true caterpillars have three pairs of true legs, and several pairs of abdominal fleshy legs (prolegs) armed with hooks. Some are hairy, others naked. They usually feed on leaves, fruit, and succulent vegetables, being often very destructive, Many of them are popularly called worms, as the cutw
Fly-case :: Fly-case (n.) The covering of an insect, esp. the elytra of beetles..
Swore :: Swordtail (n.) Any hemipterous insect of the genus Uroxiphus, found upon forest trees..
Apis :: Apis (n.) A genus of insects of the order Hymenoptera, including the common honeybee (Apis mellifica) and other related species. See Honeybee..
Metathorax :: Metathorax (n.) The last or posterior segment of the thorax in insects. See Illust. of Coleoptera.
Creep :: Creep (v. t.) To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl; as, the sight made my flesh creep. See Crawl, v. i., 4..
Monomerous :: Monomerous (a.) Having but one joint; -- said of the foot of certain insects.
Bedbug :: Bedbug (n.) A wingless, bloodsucking, hemipterous insect (Cimex Lectularius), sometimes infesting houses and especially beds. See Illustration in Appendix..
Ligula :: Ligula (n.) The central process, or front edge, of the labium of insects. It sometimes serves as a tongue or proboscis, as in bees..
Butterwort :: Butterwort (n.) A genus of low herbs (Pinguicula) having simple leaves which secrete from their glandular upper surface a viscid fluid, to which insects adhere, after which the margin infolds and the insects are digested by the plant. The species are found mostly in the North Temperate zone..
Spattling-poppy :: Spattling-poppy (n.) A kind of catchfly (Silene inflata) which is sometimes frothy from the action of captured insects.
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