insect

1. An insignificant or contemptible person.

2. Any of numerous usually small arthropod animals of the class Insecta, having an adult stage characterized by three pairs of legs and a body segmented into head, thorax, and abdomen and usually having two pairs of wings. Insects include the flies, crickets, mosquitoes, beetles, butterflies, and bees.

3. Any of various similar arthropod animals, such as spiders, centipedes, or ticks. See Regional Note at lightning bug.

4. A trivial or contemptible person.

5. Any of a class (Insecta) of arthropods (as bugs or bees) with well-defined head, thorax, and abdomen, only three pairs of legs, and typically one or two pairs of wings.

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