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A=headB=thoraxC=abdomen
1=antenna2=lowerocelli3=upperocelli4=compound eye5=brain6=prothorax7=dorsal artery8=tracheal tubes9=mesothorax10=metathorax11=firstwing12=secondwing13=midgut (stomach)14=heart15=ovary16=hindgut17=anus18=vagina19=nerve chord20=Malpighian tubes21=pillow22=claws23=tarsus24=tibia25=femur26=trochanter27=foregut28=thoracic ganglion29=coxa30=salivary gland31=subesophageal ganglion32=mouthparts

ant
bee
beetle
butterfly
dragonfly
fly
grasshopper
Hercules beetle
termite
wasp
yellow jacket

Etymology

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FromMiddle Frenchinsecte, fromLatinīnsectum, fromīnsectus(“cut into, cut up, with a notched or divided body”), from perfect passive participle ofīnsecō(“I cut into, I cut up”), fromin- +secō(“I cut”), from the notion that the insect's body is "cut into" three sections (head,thorax,abdomen).Calque ofAncient Greekἔντομον(éntomon,“insect”), fromἔντομος(éntomos,“cut into pieces”).

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Noun

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insect (pluralinsects)

  2. Anarthropod (in theInsecta class) characterized by sixlegs, up to fourwings, and achitinousexoskeleton.
    Hypernyms:arthropod <bug(broad sense) <invertebrate <animal <creature,critter
    Hyponyms:bug(precise sense),true bug;many more atThesaurus:insect
    Coordinate terms:arachnid,spider
    Our shed has severalinsect infestions, including ants, yellowjackets, and wasps.
    • 2013 May-June,William E. Conner, “An Acoustic Arms Race”, inAmerican Scientist, volume101, number 3, pages206–7:
      Nonetheless, someinsect prey take advantage of clutter by hiding in it. Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.
  3. (archaic or loosely) Any small arthropod similar to an insect, includingspiders,centipedes,millipedes, etc.
    The swamp is swarming with every sort ofinsect.
  4. (derogatory) Acontemptible orpowerless person.
    The manager’s assistant was the worst sort ofinsect.

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  • bug(colloquial)

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arthropod of class Insecta
colloquial: any small arthropod
contemptible or powerless person
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Etymology

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Originally having a wider meaning (sense 2), as in Aristotle. FromLatinīnsectum(“bug; cut up”), fromīnsecō(“I cut up into”). The Latin is a calque ofAncient Greekἔντομον(éntomon,“bug”), fromἔντομος(éntomos).

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insect n (pluralinsecten,diminutiveinsectje n)

  1. insect, arthropod of the classInsecta
    Synonyms:gekorven dier,kerfdier
  2. (now uncommon)bug(any small arthropod or invertebrate that somewhat resembles an insect)
    Synonym:gekorven dier

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