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Meaning Of Insect

  1. n.
    One of the Insecta; esp., one of the Hexapoda. See Insecta.
  2. n.
    Any air-breathing arthropod, as a spider or scorpion.
  3. n.
    Any small crustacean. In a wider sense, the word is often loosely applied to various small invertebrates.
  4. n.
    Fig.: Any small, trivial, or contemptible person or thing.
  5. a.
    Of or pertaining to an insect or insects.
  6. a.
    Like an insect; small; mean; ephemeral.



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