insect

Meaning of insect

noun
  1. An arthropod in the class Insecta, characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton.
    Our shed has several insect infestions, including ants, yellowjackets, and wasps.
  2. Any small arthropod similar to an insect including spiders, centipedes, millipedes, etc
    The swamp is swarming with every sort of insect.
  3. A contemptible or powerless person.
    The manager’s assistant was the worst sort of insect.

Information about insect

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of insect is: insects.
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Hyphenation of insect

in-sect

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • insect is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

insect synonyms

Meaning worm:

worm, louse

Meaning :

bug

Anagrams of insect

encist, incest, nicest, scient

Words that rhyme with insect

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