insect
//ˈɪn.sekt//
Noun
insectSingular
insectsPlural
1
A small arthropod animal with six legs, three body segments (head, thorax, and abdomen), and typically one or two pairs of wings in the adult stage.
Bees and butterflies are common insects in the garden.
2
Any small crawling or flying invertebrate creature (used informally and imprecisely).
There are insects crawling all over the kitchen floor.
3
An insignificant or contemptible person (used as a term of disparagement).
He treated me like an insect, as if I didn't matter at all.