Insect
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English
Etymology
- Latin insectum, past participle of insecare (to cut into) < secare cut
Noun
insect (plural: insects)
- An arthropod in the class Insecta, characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton.
- (Colloquial) Any bug similar to an insect including spiders, centipedes, millipedes, etc
- A contemptible or powerless person.
Synonyms
- bug (Colloquial 1,2)
Related terms
- insecticidal
- insecticide
- insectivore
- insectivorous
Translations
- Chinese: 昆虫 (kunchong)
- Bosnian: insekt m, buba f
- Breton: amprevan m -ed pl (1,3)
- Dutch: insect n (1), nietsnut (3)
- Esperanto: insekto
- Estonian: putukas
- Finnish: hyönteinen, itikka (colloquial) (1); itikka (3)
- French: insecte m (1,3)
- German: Insekt n
- Greek: έντομο n (éntomo)
- Interlingua: insecto (1,3)
- Italian: insetto
- Japanese: 昆虫 (こんちゅう), 虫 (むし)
- KiSwahili: mdudu
- Lithuanian: vabzdys m
- Lojban: cinki
- Mongolian: шавьж (shaivj)
- Polish: owad m (1), robak m (2), zero n (3)
- Portuguese: inseto m (1,3)
- Romanian: insectă f (1)
- Russian: насекомое n
- Slovene: žuželka f (1), insekt m (1)
- Spanish: insecto m
- Swedish: insekt c (1)
- Turkish: böcek (1), haşere (2)
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