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Synonyms for insects

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

Top 10 synonyms for insects
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Définition of insects

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 west was paling, and the August insects stirred the air with their crooning chirp.
  • Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
  • All at once the poignant and disgusting attack of the insects ceased.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
  • The caterpillar, for example, resembles the worm which is the ancestor of the insects.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • These warm regions, you know, have multitudes of insects that we never see.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Young People, October 19, 1880 » by Various
  • There are eleven of these insects and unless we can get the jump on them, they'll do us.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various
  • I have several, which I feed on mushrooms, meat, and insects.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Young People, August 17, 1880 » by Various
  • By this means of practice, the bushes have been constantly kept healthy, fruitful, and free from the annoyance of insects.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • Where peach and nectarine trees are managed with this paint, they are very rarely either hide-bound or attacked by insects.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • When the bottles are filled with insects, the liquor must be poured into another vial, and the wasps crushed on the ground.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • When old it is sometimes hollow on account of the insects mining it.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
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