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Noun: insect  'in,sekt
  1. Small air-breathing arthropod
     
  2. A person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect
    - worm [informal], louse[2], dirt ball

Derived forms: insects

Type of: arthropod, disagreeable person, unpleasant person

Part of: Arthropoda, cloud, phylum Arthropoda, swarm

Encyclopedia: Insect, Paul

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