[ˈɪnsɛkt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a small arthropod animal that has six legs and generally one or two pairs of wings
(e.g: insect pests)


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Origin:
early 17th century (originally denoting any small cold-blooded creature with a segmented body): from Latin (animal) insectum ‘segmented (animal)’ (translating Greek zōion entomon), from insecare ‘cut up or into’, from in- ‘into’ + secare ‘to cut’