insect

Definition:
1. Any small creature with six legs and a body divided into three parts. Insects usually also have wings. Ants , bees and flies are all insects .
2. Small air-breathing arthropod.
3. A person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect.

Use 'insect' in a sentence:

• 1. When it comes to dodging disaster, the champions of the insect world have to be cockroaches.
• 2. I continued studying moths, and branched out to other insects.
• 3. Wheeler said the superorganism of the hive "emerges" from the mass of ordinary insect organisms.
• 4. As the leaves flip, they snap together, trapping the insect in their sharp-toothed jaws.
• 5. I just had a look of the insect.
• 6. The traveller's face was covered with insect bites.
• 7. The spider feels the web move and walks across the web and kills the insect.
• 8. Birds and insects are natural enemies.
• 9. She scratched at the insect bites on her arm.
• 10. Ants are practically the superheroes of the insect world.
• 11. This insect can take on the colour of its surroundings.
• 12. Many of the indigenous insects are needed to pollinate the local plants.
• 13. Insect farming also produces far fewer greenhouse gases.
• 14. This sack of rice was destroyed [ bit] by rats and insects.
• 15. Hibernating insects begin to move.
• 16. The cicada is a clever little insect.
• 17. But in fact, the social lives of some members of the insect kingdom are sufficiently complex to suggest more than a hint of intelligence.
• 18. In the flooded forest, vines and roots created a web of gnarled wood covered with every type of biting insect.
• 19. The odour of vitamin in skin is repugnant to insects.
• 20. Flowers are designed to attract insects which then carry the pollen from plant to plant.
• 21. This poison can make an insect lose the ability to move, and the helpless insect is then devoured by the spider.
• 22. Air, water, clothing and insects are all means of infection.
• 23. She flapped a newspaper at the insect.
• 24. These crystals reenter the environment after the insect dies and decomposes, thus becoming available to infect other caterpillars.
• 25. The cane toad was introduced back in 1935 to control an insect pest that was destroying Australia's sugarcane plantations.
• 26. Because of the immunity of the immature insects, it's important to spray regularly.
• 27. Exotic insect pests can produce both short-and long-term effects on forest ecosystems.
• 28. The hills recede into the distance and now we are in vast grasslands dotted with termite mounds, skyscraper sandcastles of the insect world.
• 29. The air so clammy and chill, and not an insect in an acre of it!
• 30. The insects were examined under magnification.
• 31. On a visit to an insect farm, she greedily peels the wings and legs off a freeze-dried locust and crunches down with gusto.
• 32. Engineered for survival, insect eggs hang on and hatch wherever their parents deposit them.
• 33. The problem occurs because plants need to transfer pollen by wind and insect to fertilization and reproduction.
• 34. The more pesticides are used, the more resistant the insects become so the more pesticides have to be used. It's a vicious circle.
• 35. Many kinds of insect find their mates by scent.
• 36. There are some deer and zebras near the Insect House.
• 37. Chambers' voice droned, maddening as an insect around his head.
• 38. Insects are made up of tens of thousands of proteins.
• 39. The toilet was full to the brim with insects.
• 40. New blades have been designed to cope with the effects of dead insects.
• 41. The insect, also known as the tomato leaf miner, devastates crops by feeding on fruits and digging into and moving through stalks.
• 42. At rest the insect looks like a dead leaf.
• 43. The insect's wings are almost transparent.
• 44. Many insects are banded black and yellow.
• 45. Insects are fairly low down the food chain.
• 46. She has an illogical fear of insects.
• 47. A cold spring will provide a natural check on the number of insects.
• 48. Scientists have made genetic modifications to cotton to increase its resistance to insect pests.
• 49. He finds the comparison of insect wings with a sailing boat useful up to a point.
• 50. Flycatchers feed primarily on winged insects.
• 51. Small insects can be collected by shaking them into a jar.
• 52. Many people have a natural and emotional aversion to insects.
• 53. The roof timbers were affected by rot and insect attack.
• 54. Honeybees use one of the most sophisticated communication systems of any insect.
• 55. These insects can wreak havoc on crops.