Hypernyms for "insect"
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beetle
bird louse
biting louse
bug
collembolan
defoliator
dictyopterous insect
dipteran
dipteron
dipterous insect
earwig
ephemeral
ephemerid
ephemeron
ephemeropteran
flea
gallfly
hemipteran
hemipteron
hemipterous insect
heteropterous insect
holometabola
homopteran
homopterous insect
hymenopter
hymenopteran
hymenopteron
hymenopterous insect
imago
leaf miner
leaf-miner
lepidopteran
lepidopteron
lepidopterous insect
louse
mecopteran
metabola
neuropteran
neuropteron
neuropterous insect
odonate
orthopteran
orthopteron
orthopterous insect
phasmid
phasmid insect
plecopteran
pollinator
proturan
psocopterous insect
pupa
queen
social insect
springtail
stone fly
stonefly
sucking louse
telsontail
termite
thysanopter
thysanopteron
thysanopterous insect
thysanuran insect
thysanuron
trichopteran
trichopteron
trichopterous insect
two-winged insects
web spinner
white ant
worker
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.