INSECT - Definition & Meaning for Kids
Meaning 1
Part of speech: Noun
small air-breathing arthropod
Categories: Arthropod
📖 Fun Facts About Insect
- • Insects go back over 350 million years, making the creatures older than man, flowering plants and dinosaurs.
- • There are an estimated 30 million species!
- • Insects are the most diverse group of living things on Earth — scientists have named over a million species!
Synonyms
Worm, Insect, Louse, Dirt ball
🌱 Word Origin (Etymology)
The word "insect" comes from Latin īnsectum, which was borrowed from Middle French insecte.
🧩 Fun Fact
Latin's grammatical structure influenced how English speakers think about verb tenses and cases.