Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - insect
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(insects) An insect is a small animal that has six legs. Most insects have wings. Ants, flies, butterflies, and beetles are all insects. N-COUNT INSECTICIDE (insecticides) Insecticide is a chemical substance that is used to kill insects. Spray the plants with insecticide. N-MASS ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: Latin ~um, from neuter of ~us, past participle of insecare to cut into, from in- + secare to cut — more at saw Date: 1601 1. a. any of numerous small invertebrate animals (as spiders or centipedes) that are more or less obviously segmented — not used technically b. any of a class (Insecta) of arthropods (as bugs or bees) with well-defined head, thorax, and abdomen, only three pairs of legs, and typically one or two pairs of wings 2. a trivial or contemptible person • ~ adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 a any arthropod of the class Insecta, having a head, thorax, abdomen, two antennae, three pairs of thoracic legs, and usu. one or two pairs of thoracic wings. b (loosely) any other small segmented invertebrate animal. 2 an insignificant or contemptible person or creature. Derivatives insectile adj. Etymology: L insectum (animal) notched (animal) f. insecare insect- (as IN-(2), secare cut) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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насекомое; pl насекомые (Insecta) – apterous insects – armored scale insects – beneficial insect – blood-sucking insects – cochinealinsect – cuckoo spit insects – destructive insect – entognathous insects – fig insects – gall insects – gall-producing insect – grain insects – heterometabolic insects – holometabolic insects – homopterous insects – Indian lac insect – injurious insect – leaf insects – lepidopterous insects – nerve-winged insects – noxious insect – orthopterous insects – polytrophic insect – predacious insect – scale insects – scale-winged insects – spittle insects – stick insects – twisted-winged insects – water stick insect ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. насекомое a swarm of insects —- рой насекомых insect bite —- укус насекомого 2. ничтожество ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun 1) насекомое 2) ничтожество Syn: arachnid, arthropod, beetle, bug, crustacean, spider ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 1601, from L. insectum "animal with a notched or divided body," lit. "cut into," from neut. pp. of insectare "cut into, cut up," from in- "into" + secare "to cut." A loan-translation of Gk. entomon "insect" (see entomology) First in Eng. 1601 in Holland's translation of Pliny. Insecticide first recorded 1865. INSECURE - 1649, "unsafe;" psychological sense dates from 1935. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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