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insect

1. any small air-breathing arthropod of the class Insecta, having a body divided into head, thorax, and abdomen, three pairs of legs, and (in most species) two pairs of wings. Insects comprise about five sixths of all known animal species, with a total of over one million named species
2. (loosely) any similar invertebrate, such as a spider, tick, or centipede
Collins Discovery Encyclopedia, 1st edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

insect

[′in‚sekt]
(invertebrate zoology)
A member of the Insecta.
An invertebrate that resembles an insect, such as a spider, mite, or centipede.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

Insect

archy
literary cockroach that cannot reach shift-key on the typewriter. [Am. Lit.: archy and mehitabel; Benét, 46]
bread-and-butter-fly
its body is a crust; lives on weak tea. [Br. Lit.: Lewis Carroll Through the Looking-glass]
Charlotte’s Web
story of a spider who saves a young girl’s pet pig. [Am. Lit.: E. B. White Charlotte’s Web]
gnat
chicken-sized insect that tells Alice all about other strange insects. [Br. Lit.: Lewis Carroll Through the Looking-glass]
Metamorphosis
Gregor Samsa turned into a huge insect. [Ger. Lit.: Kafka Metamorphosis]
rocking-horse-fly
wooden insect feeds on sap and sawdust. [Br. Lit.: Lewis Carroll Through the Looking-glass]
snap-dragon-fly
has a body of plum pudding and lives on mince pie. [Br. Lit.: Lewis Carroll Through the Looking-glass]
Allusions—Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

Insects

(dreams)
Some dream interpretation books name specific insect symbols. However, the main idea to consider when you are interpreting this dream symbol is that you may currently be annoyed or “bugged” by a person or a situation in life. Use common sense and some general impressions about the specific insect when interpreting your dream. For example, if you are dreaming about bees stinging you, think about some of your relationships. If you are dreaming about ants consider you social interactions and work ethic.
Bedside Dream Dictionary by Silvana Amar Copyright © 2007 by Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
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