insect
B2Substantiv/US /ˈɪnsˌɛkt/ ĬNS-ĕkt; UK /ˈɪnsˌɛkt/ ĬNS-ĕkt/
One of the Insecta; esp., one of the See Note: The hexapod insects pass through three stages during their growth, viz., the larva, pupa, and imago or adult, but in some of the orders the larva differs little from the imago, except in lacking wings, and th
