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Meaning of 'insect' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Insect [ a.]
- Of or pertaining to an insect or insects.
- Like an insect; small; mean; ephemeral.
2 . Insect [ n.]
- One of the Insecta; esp., one of the Hexapoda. See Insecta.
- Any air-breathing arthropod, as a spider or scorpion.
- Any small crustacean. In a wider sense, the word is often loosely applied to various small invertebrates.
- Fig.: Any small, trivial, or contemptible person or thing.

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