any of a large class (Insecta) of small arthropod animals characterized, in the adult state, by division of the body into head, thorax, and abdomen, three pairs of legs on the thorax, and, usu., two pairs of membranous wings, including beetles, bees, flies, wasps, and mosquitoes; an insect.

a species of worm growing in the body of animals.

a species of large, black bee.

any of several wild dogs of Asia and North Africa, mostly yellowish-grey and smaller than the wolf known for their cunningness; a jackal.

the wormlike larva of various insects, esp. of a butterfly or moth; a caterpillar.