Meaning of "insect"

insect •

n.
• • a small animal with three segmented body: insekto, kulisap

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wasp

n.
• • a kind of insect that has a slender body and a powerful sting: putakti

ant

n.
• • 1. small insect: langgam
  • 2. a big type of ant: hantik
  • 3. flying ant: gamugamo

grasshopper

n.
• • 1. an insect with strong legs and wings for jumping: tipaklong
  • 2. locust: balang, lukton

moth

n.
• • 1. a small winged insect that flies about a flame: gamugamo
  • 2. clothes-moth: tanga
  • 3. a broadwinged insect very much like a butterfly, but flying mostly at night: mariposa

flea

n.
• • 1. a small, jumping insect without wings: pulgas
  • 2. full of fleas: mapulgas

tick

n.
• • 1. the sound made by a clock or watch: tiktak
  • 2. a small mark: kudlit, gurlit, tik, tsek
  • 3. a tiny insect or spider that lives on animals and sucks their blood: garapata

v.
• • 1. to make a sound like that of a clock or watch: tumiktak
  • 2. to mark with a tick, check: magkudlit, kudlitan, maggurlit, gurlitan, magtik, tikan, magtsek, tsekan

wing

n.
• • 1. the part of a bird or insect used in flying: pakpak, bagwis
  • 2. anything like in shape or use: pakpak
  • 3. the part that sticks out from the main thing or body: pakpak

v.
• • 1. to fly: lumipad, liparin
  • 2. to wound in the wing: sumugat (sugatan) sa pakpak
  • 3. under the wings of, under the protection of: nasa ilalim ng pagtatanggol (pagtangkilik) ng o ni, tinatangkilik, ipinagtatanggol, kinakalinga

kulisap

n.
• • insect