Insect vs. Butterfly

Insectnoun

An arthropod in the class Insecta, characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton.

Insectnoun

(colloquial) Any small arthropod similar to an insect including spiders, centipedes, millipedes, etc

Insectnoun

(derogatory) A contemptible or powerless person.

Insectnoun

One of the Insecta; esp., one of the Hexapoda. See Insecta.

Insectnoun

Any air-breathing arthropod, as a spider or scorpion.

Insectnoun

Any small crustacean. In a wider sense, the word is often loosely applied to various small invertebrates.

Insectnoun

Fig.: Any small, trivial, or contemptible person or thing.

Insectadjective

Of or pertaining to an insect or insects.

Insectadjective

Like an insect; small; mean; ephemeral.

Insectnoun

small air-breathing arthropod

Insectnoun

a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect

Insectnoun

a small arthropod animal that has six legs and generally one or two pairs of wings

Insectnoun

any small invertebrate animal such as a spider or tick.

Insect

Insects or Insecta (from Latin insectum) are pancrustacean hexapod invertebrates and the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes and one pair of antennae.

Butterflynoun

A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring.

Butterflynoun

A use of surgical tape, cut into thin strips and placed across an open wound to hold it closed.

Butterflynoun

(swimming) The butterfly stroke.

Butterflynoun

Someone seen as being unserious and (originally) dressed gaudily; someone flighty and unreliable.

Butterflyverb

(transitive) To cut (food) almost entirely in half and spread the halves apart, in a shape suggesting the wings of a butterfly.

Butterflyverb

(transitive) To cut strips of surgical tape or plasters into thin strips, and place across (a gaping wound) to close it.

Butterflynoun

A general name for the numerous species of diurnal Lepidoptera.

Butterflynoun

diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings

Butterflynoun

a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down

Butterflyverb

flutter like a butterfly

Butterflyverb

cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking;

Butterflyverb

talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions;

Butterflynoun

a nectar-feeding insect with two pairs of large, typically brightly coloured wings that are covered with microscopic scales. Butterflies are distinguished from moths by having clubbed or dilated antennae, holding their wings erect when at rest, and being active by day.

Butterflynoun

having a two-lobed shape resembling the spread wings of a butterfly

Butterflynoun

a showy or frivolous person

Butterflynoun

a fluttering and nauseous sensation felt in the stomach when one is nervous.

Butterflynoun

a stroke in swimming in which both arms are raised out of the water and lifted forwards together.

Butterflyverb

split (a piece of meat or fish) almost in two and spread it out flat

Butterfly

Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight.