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insekto [in.sik.tu.] : insect (n.)

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insect
n. (animal)1. insectsmall air-breathing arthropod.
~ arthropoda, phylum arthropodajointed-foot invertebrates: arachnids; crustaceans; insects; millipedes; centipedes.
~ arthropodinvertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin.
~ clypeusa shield-like plate on the front of an insect's head.
~ winga movable organ for flying (one of a pair).
~ alaa wing of an insect.
~ social insectan insect that lives in a colony with other insects of the same species.
~ ephemeral, ephemeronanything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form.
~ holometabola, metabolainsects that undergo complete metamorphosis.
~ defoliatoran insect that strips the leaves from plants.
~ pollinatoran insect that carries pollen from one flower to another.
~ gallflyany of various insects that deposit their eggs in plants causing galls in which the larvae feed.
~ mecopteranany of various carnivorous insects of the order Mecoptera.
~ collembolan, springtailany of numerous minute wingless primitive insects possessing a special abdominal appendage that allows the characteristic nearly perpetual springing pattern; found in soil rich in organic debris or on the surface of snow or water.
~ proturan, telsontailany of several minute primitive wingless and eyeless insects having a cone-shaped head; inhabit damp soil or decaying organic matter.
~ beetleinsect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings.
~ web spinnerany of a small order of slender typically tropical insects that nest in colonies in silken tunnels that they spin.
~ louse, sucking lousewingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals.
~ bird louse, biting louse, lousewingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting; mostly parasitic on birds.
~ fleaany wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap.
~ dipteran, dipteron, dipterous insect, two-winged insectsinsects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing.
~ leaf-miner, leaf minerany of various small moths or dipterous flies whose larvae burrow into and feed on leaf tissue especially of the family Gracilariidae.
~ hymenopter, hymenopteran, hymenopteron, hymenopterous insectinsects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing.
~ workersterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for food and cares for the larvae.
~ termite, white antwhitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood.
~ orthopteran, orthopteron, orthopterous insectany of various insects having leathery forewings and membranous hind wings and chewing mouthparts.
~ phasmid, phasmid insectlarge cylindrical or flattened mostly tropical insects with long strong legs that feed on plants; walking sticks and leaf insects.
~ dictyopterous insectcockroaches and mantids.
~ buggeneral term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate.
~ hemipteran, hemipteron, hemipterous insect, buginsects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis.
~ heteropterous insecttrue bugs: insects whose forewings are membranous but have leathery tips.
~ homopteran, homopterous insectinsects having membranous forewings and hind wings.
~ psocopterous insectsmall soft-bodied insect with chewing mouthparts and either no wings or two pairs.
~ ephemerid, ephemeropteranshort-lived insect.
~ plecopteran, stone fly, stoneflyprimitive winged insect with a flattened body; used as bait by fishermen; aquatic gilled larvae are carnivorous and live beneath stones.
~ neuropteran, neuropteron, neuropterous insectinsect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins.
~ odonatelarge primitive predatory aquatic insect having two pairs of membranous wings.
~ trichopteran, trichopteron, trichopterous insectcaddis fly.
~ thysanuran insect, thysanuronprimitive wingless insects: bristletail.
~ thysanopter, thysanopteron, thysanopterous insectan insect of the order Thysanoptera.
~ earwigany of numerous insects of the order Dermaptera having elongate bodies and slender many-jointed antennae and a pair of large pincers at the rear of the abdomen.
~ lepidopteran, lepidopteron, lepidopterous insectinsect that in the adult state has four wings more or less covered with tiny scales.
~ pupaan insect in the inactive stage of development (when it is not feeding) intermediate between larva and adult.
~ imagoan adult insect produced after metamorphosis.
~ queenthe only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs.
~ air sacany of the thin-walled extensions of the tracheae of insects.
~ thoraxpart of an insect's body that bears the wings and legs.
~ mentuma projection below the mouth of certain mollusks that resembles a chin.
~ swarm, clouda group of many things in the air or on the ground.; "a swarm of insects obscured the light"; "clouds of blossoms"; "it discharged a cloud of spores"
~ holometabolism, holometabolycomplete metamorphosis in insects.
n. (person)2. dirt ball, insect, louse, worma person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect.
~ disagreeable person, unpleasant persona person who is not pleasant or agreeable.