- (n.) Any air-breathing arthropod, as a spider or scorpion.
- (n.) Any small crustacean. In a wider sense, the word is often loosely applied to various small invertebrates.
- (a.) Of or pertaining to an insect or insects.
- (n.) Fig.: Any small, trivial or contemptible person or thing.
- (a.) Like an insect; small; mean; ephemeral.
- (n.) One of the Insecta; especially, one of the Hexapoda. See Insecta.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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