·adj Like an insect; small; mean; ephemeral.
II. Insect ·adj Of or pertaining to an insect or insects.
III. Insect ·noun Any air-breathing arthropod, as a spider or scorpion.
IV. Insect ·noun Fig.: Any small, trivial, or contemptible person or thing.
V. Insect ·noun One of the Insecta; ·esp., one of the Hexapoda. ·see Insecta.
VI. Insect ·noun Any small crustacean. In a wider sense, the word is often loosely applied to various small invertebrates.