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Synonyms for insect

Grammar : Noun
Spell : in-sekt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪn sɛkt

Top 10 synonyms for insect
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Définition of insect

Origin :
  • c.1600, from Latin (animal) insectum "(animal) with a notched or divided body," literally "cut into," from neuter past participle of insectare "to cut into, to cut up," from in- "into" (see in- (2)) + secare "to cut" (see section (n.)). Pliny's loan-translation of Greek entomon "insect" (see entomology), which was Aristotle's term for this class of life, in reference to their "notched" bodies.
  • First in English in 1601 in Holland's translation of Pliny. Translations of Aristotle's term also form the usual word for "insect" in Welsh (trychfil, from trychu "cut" + mil "animal"), Serbo-Croatian (zareznik, from rezati "cut"), Russian (nasekomoe, from sekat "cut"), etc.
  • noun bug
Example sentences :
  • The russet of oranges is caused by the bite of an insect on the skin.
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • The paper was a contribution to the life-history of this minute insect.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 » by Various
  • No; the spirit of a lion is not to be roused by the teasing of an insect.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • There was no sound save the burring of some night insect over his head.
  • Extract from : « The Avenger » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • Or that the least insect in Japan has a name twice the length of its body?
  • Extract from : « Monday or Tuesday » by Virginia Woolf
  • There is not known to be a single ordinal form of insect extinct.
  • Extract from : « The Past Condition of Organic Nature » by Thomas H. Huxley
  • The insect whirled me around and then threw me to the floor.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various
  • The great family of beetles is one of the most important in the insect world.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Young People, July 20, 1880 » by Various
  • We do not know whether this insect is known to naturalists or not.
  • Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay
  • Life none; not a beast of the earth, nor a fowl of the air, nor the hum of an insect.
  • Extract from : « The Hound From The North » by Ridgwell Cullum
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