Wiktionary simplewiktionary https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/Main_Page MediaWiki 1.47.0-wmf.7 case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk TimedText TimedText talk Module Module talk Event Event talk 0 2538 560377 538444 2026-06-21T20:20:35Z ~2026-36257-62 54788 /* Noun */ spiders are not insects 560377 wikitext text/x-wiki {{wikipedia}} {{BE850}} === Pronunciation === * {{IPA|/ˈɪnsɛkt/}} * {{audio|en-us-insect.ogg|US}} * {{hyph|in|sect}} == Noun == {{noun}} {{ picdic | image=Jan van Kessel 001.jpg | detail1= {{ picdicimg | image=Tetramorium bicarinatum worker.jpg | link=ant }} {{ picdicimg | image=Bee-icone.png | link=bee }} {{ picdicimg | image=Goliath beetle.jpg | link=beetle }} {{ picdicimg | image=NSRW Butterfly.png | link=butterfly }} {{ picdicimg | image=CreativeTools.se - PackshotCreator - Dragonfly top view.jpg | link=dragonfly }} {{ picdicimg | image=Fly close.jpg | link=fly }} <!-- insect, colloquial --> {{ picdicimg | image=Mastotermes darwiniensis.jpg | link=termite }} {{ picdicimg | image=AD2009Sep09 Vespula germanica 01.jpg | link=wasp }} }} # {{countable}} A type of small [[animal]] with an [[external]] [[skeleton]] and six [[leg]]s. {{syn|bug}} #: ''I killed a large '''insect''' in the bathroom.'' #: ''{{lc|Cricket}}s, [[ant]]s, [[ladybug]]s, and [[fly|flies]] are '''insects'''.'' # {{countable}} {{figurative}} A person who is [[weak]] or not [[important]]. {{syn|weakling}} {{ant|big dog}} #: ''The mayor thought of her as a mere '''insect'''.'' === Derived words === * [[insecticide]] * [[insectivore]] === Related words === * [[colony]] * [[exoskeleton]] * [[hive]] [[Category:Insects| ]] droly0b5rbjxkjhgi2y82mr6elf31xl