Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Insect

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Insect


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(1):

(a.) Like an insect; small; mean; ephemeral.

(2):

(n.) Fig.: Any small, trivial, or contemptible person or thing.

(3):

(a.) Of or pertaining to an insect or insects.

(4):

(n.) Any small crustacean. In a wider sense, the word is often loosely applied to various small invertebrates.

(5):

(n.) Any air-breathing arthropod, as a spider or scorpion.

(6):

(n.) One of the Insecta; esp., one of the Hexapoda. See Insecta.