ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD INSECT
From Latin insectum (animal that has been) cut into, insect, from insecāre, from in-² + secāre to cut; translation of Greek entomon insect.
Definition of insect in the English dictionary
The first definition of insect in the dictionary is any small air-breathing arthropod of the class Insecta, having a body divided into head, thorax, and abdomen, three pairs of legs, and two pairs of wings. Insects comprise about five sixths of all known animal species, with a total of over one million named species related adjective entomic. Other definition of insect is any similar invertebrate, such as a spider, tick, or centipede. Insect is also a contemptible, loathsome, or insignificant person.
10 QUOTES WITH «INSECT»
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insect.
Because there is something helpless and weak and innocent - something like an infant - deep inside us all that really suffers in ways we would never permit an insect to suffer.
In the holy city of Mecca, violence of any kind was forbidden. From the moment they left home, pilgrims were not permitted to carry weapons, to swat an insect or speak an angry word, a discipline that introduced them to a new way of living.
Love has its own instinct, finding the way to the heart, as the feeblest insect finds the way to its flower, with a will which nothing can dismay nor turn aside.
I wanted to know the name of every stone and flower and insect and bird and beast. I wanted to know where it got its color, where it got its life - but there was no one to tell me.
If you want to study one of these strange organisms, you had better have a good justification. It's not good to study gene organisation in some obscure insect that no one's ever heard about.
What would be left of our tragedies if an insect were to present us his?
If we go on the way we have, the fault is our greed and if we are not willing to change, we will disappear from the face of the globe, to be replaced by the insect.
We can allow satellites, planets, suns, universe, nay whole systems of universes, to be governed by laws, but the smallest insect, we wish to be created at once by special act.
I've become a much more serious young insect.
I'm obsessed with insects, particularly insect flight. I think the evolution of insect flight is perhaps one of the most important events in the history of life. Without insects, there'd be no flowering plants. Without flowering plants, there would be no clever, fruit-eating primates giving TED Talks.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INSECT»
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insect in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
insect and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Agricultural
Insect Pests of the Tropics and Their Control
Principles of pest control; Methods of pest control; Pest demage to crop plants; Biological control of crop pests; Chemical control of insect pests; Major tropical crop pests; Tropical crops and their; Pest spectra; General bibliography.
This volume will be of great value to senior investigators, graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and advanced undergraduate research students. It can also be used as a reference for graduate courses and seminars on the topic.
Lawrence I. Gilbert, 2011
In this book, H. Frederik Nijhout's goal is to provide a complete, concise, and up-to-date source for students and nonspecialists seeking an overview of the dynamic and wide-ranging science that insect endocrinology has become since its ...
H. Frederik Nijhout, 1998
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Introduction to
Insect Pest Management
The pest-management concept; Ecological aspects of pest management; Plant resistance in pest management; Parasitoids and predators in management of Arthopod pests; Insect pathogens as biological control agents; Insecticides in pest ...
Robert L. Metcalf, William H. Luckmann, 1994
This book offers a comprehensive overview of fundamental concepts of animal behavior as they relate to insects.
Robert W. Matthews, Janice R. Matthews, 2009
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Insect Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
This volume will be of great value to senior investigators, graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and advanced undergraduate research students. It can also be used as a reference for graduate courses and seminars on the topic.
Lawrence Irwin Gilbert, 2012
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The Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural
Insect and ...
Discusses pest control
Barbara W. Ellis, Fern Marshall Bradley, Helen Atthowe, 1996
Rev. ed. of: Insect pathology / Yoshinori Tanada, Harry K. Kaya. 1993.
Fernando E. Vega, Harry K. Kaya, 2012
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Insect Repellents: Principles, Methods, and Uses
This book provides all the information you need to give evidence-based recommendations.
Mustapha Debboun, Stephen P. Frances, Daniel A. Strickman, 2006
JOHN G. HILDEBRAND Research on insect olfaction is important for at least two reasons.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INSECT»
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insect is used in the context of the following news items.
It's not just Ant Man: Researchers reveal rival insect superpowers …
From mantis shrimp with supervision to ants that can lift 5,000 times their own body weight, experts have found the insect world if full of tiny ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
Restoring rare insect's population could take up to 30 years - The …
Officials hope to increase the olive-green insect's population so it can be removed from the federal list of endangered and threatened wildlife. «Grand Island Independent, Jul 15»
Blood-sucking festival in Russia honours this pesky insect News …
Friday, July 17, 2015, 9:45 - While Americans try almost anything to repel mosquitoes, in Russia, residents celebrate the irritating insect. Friday marks the ... «The Weather Network US, Jul 15»
French Food Startup Aims To Sell "Insect Meat" Around The World
Then, in 2010, the young professional discovered a report by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization recommending insect farming. «Worldcrunch, Jul 15»
Congo looks to insect farming in fight against hunger - The Standard
Agri news around the world: Congo looks to insect farming in fight against hunger. By Aaron Ross. Updated Saturday, July 18th 2015 at 00:00 ... «The Standard Digital News, Jul 15»
Peoria Fire-Medical Department warns insect stings can be deadly …
While enjoying Peoria's miles of hiking, wonderful parks or beautiful Lake Pleasant, be mindful of the potential of bee or other insect stings. «Peoria Times, Jul 15»
What's bugging us? News editor buzzed by insect attacker | Wells …
While we were discussing the name of the retiring chairman of the local health trust, this large bug buzzed through the office and landed on his ... «Wells Journal, Jul 15»
Genetically Modified Diamond moth is Safer Way to Control Insect …
Diamondback moth, an invasive species of moth, causes severe damage to cabbages, kale, canola and other crops across the world. Owing to ... «Uncover California, Jul 15»
Summer insect infestations can be solved with simple measures …
Several Japanese beetles feed on a leaf. The ragged, lacy, skeletonized appearance of the leaf is a telltale sign of the presence of these ... «Scottsboro Daily Sentinel, Jul 15»
Protection's available from serious summer insect, tick-borne diseases
Insect and tick-borne diseases, such as malaria, dengue fever, yellow fever and Lyme disease are serious health threats that cause human ... «Hawaii Army Weekly, Jul 15»
