Synonyms for insects

Grammar : Noun

Spell : in-sekt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪn sɛkt

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Définition of insects

Origin : c.1600, from Latin (animal) insectum "(animal) with a notched or divided body," literally "cut into," from neuter past participle of insectare "to cut into, to cut up," from in- "into" (see in- (2)) + secare "to cut" (see section (n.)). Pliny's loan-translation of Greek entomon "insect" (see entomology), which was Aristotle's term for this class of life, in reference to their "notched" bodies.
First in English in 1601 in Holland's translation of Pliny. Translations of Aristotle's term also form the usual word for "insect" in Welsh (trychfil, from trychu "cut" + mil "animal"), Serbo-Croatian (zareznik, from rezati "cut"), Russian (nasekomoe, from sekat "cut"), etc.

noun bug

Example sentences :

The west was paling, and the August insects stirred the air with their crooning chirp.
Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown

All at once the poignant and disgusting attack of the insects ceased.
Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling

The caterpillar, for example, resembles the worm which is the ancestor of the insects.
Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel

These warm regions, you know, have multitudes of insects that we never see.
Extract from : « Harper's Young People, October 19, 1880 » by Various

There are eleven of these insects and unless we can get the jump on them, they'll do us.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various

I have several, which I feed on mushrooms, meat, and insects.
Extract from : « Harper's Young People, August 17, 1880 » by Various

By this means of practice, the bushes have been constantly kept healthy, fruitful, and free from the annoyance of insects.
Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton

Where peach and nectarine trees are managed with this paint, they are very rarely either hide-bound or attacked by insects.
Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton

When the bottles are filled with insects, the liquor must be poured into another vial, and the wasps crushed on the ground.
Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton

When old it is sometimes hollow on account of the insects mining it.
Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard

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