Insect
noun
A small creature with a hard cover around its body, three parts to its body and six legs.
The butterfly is a beautiful type of insect.
Often appears as...
- flying insect
- biting insect
noun
A person who is annoying or bothersome.
Stop being such an insect, you're driving me crazy!
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A small creature with a hard cover around its body, three parts to its body and six legs.
The butterfly is a beautiful type of insect.
Often appears as...
- flying insect
- biting insect
noun
A person who is annoying or bothersome.
Stop being such an insect, you're driving me crazy!
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Biology Context
Often used in biology to refer to a specific class of arthropods, excluding spiders and crustaceans.
In biology class, we studied how insects like bees play a role in pollination.
Pro Tip 2/3Entomology Field
The scientific study of insects is called entomology; 'insect' encompasses many species studied in this field.
She is an entomologist who specializes in the behavior of social insects.
Pro Tip 3/3Diverse Species
Insects encompass a vast range of species with different colors, sizes, and habitats.
The Amazon rainforest is home to countless insect species, including many types of butterflies.
Pro Tip 1/3Biology Context
Often used in biology to refer to a specific class of arthropods, excluding spiders and crustaceans.
In biology class, we studied how insects like bees play a role in pollination.
Pro Tip 2/3Entomology Field
The scientific study of insects is called entomology; 'insect' encompasses many species studied in this field.
She is an entomologist who specializes in the behavior of social insects.
Pro Tip 3/3Diverse Species
Insects encompass a vast range of species with different colors, sizes, and habitats.
The Amazon rainforest is home to countless insect species, including many types of butterflies.
Pro Tip 1/3Biology Context
Often used in biology to refer to a specific class of arthropods, excluding spiders and crustaceans.
In biology class, we studied how insects like bees play a role in pollination.
Pro Tip 2/3Entomology Field
The scientific study of insects is called entomology; 'insect' encompasses many species studied in this field.
She is an entomologist who specializes in the behavior of social insects.
Pro Tip 3/3Diverse Species
Insects encompass a vast range of species with different colors, sizes, and habitats.
The Amazon rainforest is home to countless insect species, including many types of butterflies.
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Emma Teeling: The secret...
Now how can this help us? Well, it has been calculated that if we were to remove bats from the equation, we're going to have to then use insecticides to remove all those pest insects that feed on our agricultural crops. And for one year in the U.S. alone, it's estimated
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Saving the lowland Tapir...
and Puma birds insects if you protect tapirs you will most certainly help protect all those other animals in addition papers are known as Gardeners of the forest when they eat fruit they swallow the seeds which they disperse throughout their habitat
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Why are there so many...
protecting insects against the outside world and helping them cope with habitats that other creatures can't. Even their small size, which we might see as a disadvantage, is something they use to their benefit. Because most species are so tiny,
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The amazing ways plants...
a rigid web of compounds that's tough to chew and highly impermeable to pathogens. Leaves are protected by a waxy cuticle that deters insects and microbes. Some plants go a step further with painful structures to warn would-be predators.
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New Laser Zaps...
insects it would only target mosquitoes and let others such as butterflies and bumble bees to pass through unharmed the system can even distinguish between male and female mosquitoes based on their wing beats this is important because
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Do we really need...
Nowadays, we avoid such agricultural catastrophes with the help of pesticides. Those are a range of manmade chemicals that control insects, unwanted weeds, funguses, rodents, and bacteria that may threaten our food supply.
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How does caffeine keep...
In high doses, as it's found in the leaves and seeds of certain species, it's toxic to insects. But when they consume it in lower doses, as it's found in nectar, it can actually help them remember and revisit flowers.
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The Insect That Freezes...
daily dose of sun to warm up your insides so reptiles and insects generally fare better in the cold when they're small some species though just can't help but defy convention
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Killer Ant Swarm...
pests disturbed by digging are soon dispatched by hundreds of razor sharp jaws the ants make a clean sweep capturing up to one hundred thousand insects in a single raid
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Army Ants Rampage...
These are insects that, by working together, transcend individual size. The colony can search the entire jungle and flush out its wildlife.
Video examples
Emma Teeling: The secret...
Now how can this help us? Well, it has been calculated that if we were to remove bats from the equation, we're going to have to then use insecticides to remove all those pest insects that feed on our agricultural crops. And for one year in the U.S. alone, it's estimated
Video examples
Saving the lowland Tapir...
and Puma birds insects if you protect tapirs you will most certainly help protect all those other animals in addition papers are known as Gardeners of the forest when they eat fruit they swallow the seeds which they disperse throughout their habitat
Video examples
Why are there so many...
protecting insects against the outside world and helping them cope with habitats that other creatures can't. Even their small size, which we might see as a disadvantage, is something they use to their benefit. Because most species are so tiny,
Video examples
The amazing ways plants...
a rigid web of compounds that's tough to chew and highly impermeable to pathogens. Leaves are protected by a waxy cuticle that deters insects and microbes. Some plants go a step further with painful structures to warn would-be predators.
Video examples
New Laser Zaps...
insects it would only target mosquitoes and let others such as butterflies and bumble bees to pass through unharmed the system can even distinguish between male and female mosquitoes based on their wing beats this is important because
Video examples
Do we really need...
Nowadays, we avoid such agricultural catastrophes with the help of pesticides. Those are a range of manmade chemicals that control insects, unwanted weeds, funguses, rodents, and bacteria that may threaten our food supply.
Video examples
How does caffeine keep...
In high doses, as it's found in the leaves and seeds of certain species, it's toxic to insects. But when they consume it in lower doses, as it's found in nectar, it can actually help them remember and revisit flowers.
Video examples
The Insect That Freezes...
daily dose of sun to warm up your insides so reptiles and insects generally fare better in the cold when they're small some species though just can't help but defy convention
Video examples
Killer Ant Swarm...
pests disturbed by digging are soon dispatched by hundreds of razor sharp jaws the ants make a clean sweep capturing up to one hundred thousand insects in a single raid
Video examples
Army Ants Rampage...
These are insects that, by working together, transcend individual size. The colony can search the entire jungle and flush out its wildlife.
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Quote examples
George A. Moore
Irish Novelist
Some men spend their lives watching bees and ants, noting down the habits of these insects; my pleasure is to watch the human mind, noting how unselfish instincts rise to the surface and sink back again, making way for selfish instincts, each equally necessary, for the world would perish were it to become entirely selfish or entirely unselfish.
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Luther Strange
American Politician
Our farmers feed the world. They are up before dawn and work till well after sunset. They face any number of challenges they can't control, from too much rain to not enough, from disease to insect infestations.
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George Washington Carver
American Scientist
I wanted to know the name of every stone and flower and insect and bird and beast. I wanted to know where it got its color, where it got its life - but there was no one to tell me.
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Newt Gingrich
American Politician
Cincinnati has one of the most diverse animal collections in the world, with more than 500 species represented. They also have a really good insect exhibit.
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E. O. Wilson
American Scientist
If we were to wipe out insects alone on this planet, the rest of life and humanity with it would mostly disappear from the land. Within a few months.
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Chanakya
Indian Politician
The life of an uneducated man is as useless as the tail of a dog which neither covers its rear end, nor protects it from the bites of insects.
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Bill Vaughan
American Journalist
We hope that, when the insects take over the world, they will remember with gratitude how we took them along on all our picnics.
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Robin Wright
American Actress
I can't stop moving. I'm like this weird insect. I can't sit still in real life.
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Liza Soberano
Filipino Actress
Of course, there are things I'm afraid of, but I'm not afraid of insects.
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Guillermo del Toro
Mexican Director
I think the greatest giant insect movie ever made is 'Them!
Quote examples
George A. Moore
Irish Novelist
Some men spend their lives watching bees and ants, noting down the habits of these insects; my pleasure is to watch the human mind, noting how unselfish instincts rise to the surface and sink back again, making way for selfish instincts, each equally necessary, for the world would perish were it to become entirely selfish or entirely unselfish.
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Luther Strange
American Politician
Our farmers feed the world. They are up before dawn and work till well after sunset. They face any number of challenges they can't control, from too much rain to not enough, from disease to insect infestations.
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George Washington Carver
American Scientist
I wanted to know the name of every stone and flower and insect and bird and beast. I wanted to know where it got its color, where it got its life - but there was no one to tell me.
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Newt Gingrich
American Politician
Cincinnati has one of the most diverse animal collections in the world, with more than 500 species represented. They also have a really good insect exhibit.
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E. O. Wilson
American Scientist
If we were to wipe out insects alone on this planet, the rest of life and humanity with it would mostly disappear from the land. Within a few months.
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Chanakya
Indian Politician
The life of an uneducated man is as useless as the tail of a dog which neither covers its rear end, nor protects it from the bites of insects.
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Bill Vaughan
American Journalist
We hope that, when the insects take over the world, they will remember with gratitude how we took them along on all our picnics.
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Robin Wright
American Actress
I can't stop moving. I'm like this weird insect. I can't sit still in real life.
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Liza Soberano
Filipino Actress
Of course, there are things I'm afraid of, but I'm not afraid of insects.
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Guillermo del Toro
Mexican Director
I think the greatest giant insect movie ever made is 'Them!
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