(1):
(a.) Like an insect; small; mean; ephemeral.
(2):
(n.) Fig.: Any small, trivial, or contemptible person or thing.
(3):
(a.) Of or pertaining to an insect or insects.
(4):
(n.) Any small crustacean. In a wider sense, the word is often loosely applied to various small invertebrates.
(5):
(n.) Any air-breathing arthropod, as a spider or scorpion.
(6):
(n.) One of the Insecta; esp., one of the Hexapoda. See Insecta.