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.
