Definition of Insect

small invertebrate animals with multiple pairs of legs, generally with an exoskeleton

Examples of Insect in a sentence

Whenever someone mentions the word ‘insect,’ the first thing that comes to our mind is usually ants or beetles.  🔊

Even though a spider is technically not an insect, most people lump it together with all of the bugs that are.  🔊

The insect kingdom is incredibly large, ranging from ants to wasps to even praying mantises, and many other creatures besides.  🔊

Generally speaking, an insect has six legs, and any creature with more or less than that is a different type of animal.  🔊

Many elementary science classes have an insect project for their students to take part in, in which they must hunt down a wide variety of bugs to display on a poster board.  🔊

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