insect meaning in Malayalam
പ്രാണി prāṇi
/ˈɪn.sɛkt/
insect in Malayalam: പ്രാണി (prāṇi), കീടം (kīṭaṁ), ഷഡ്പദം (ṣaḍpadaṁ). In English, insect means an arthropod (in the Insecta class) characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton.
Malayalam words for insect
- colloquial: any small arthropod
- പ്രാണി prāṇi, കീടം kīṭaṁ
- arthropod of class Insecta
- ഷഡ്പദം ṣaḍpadaṁ, പ്രാണി prāṇi
- contemptible or powerless person
- കീടം kīṭaṁ
English meaning of insect
- noun An arthropod (in the Insecta class) characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton.
- noun Any small, creeping, crawling, or slithering animal, excluding mammals, birds, and fish.
- noun An arthropod or invertebrate.
- noun A contemptible or powerless person.
insect in a sentence
- Our shed has several insect infestations, including ants, yellowjackets, and wasps.
- The manager’s assistant was the worst sort of insect.
Synonyms of insect
insect in other languages
- insect in Hindi
- insect in Tamil
- insect in Marathi
- insect in Urdu
- insect in Bengali
- insect in Telugu
- insect in Kannada
- insect in Punjabi
- insect in Gujarati
- insect in Odia
- insect in Sanskrit
- insect in Assamese
- insect in Nepali
- insect in Pashto
- insect in Tagalog
- insect in Arabic
- insect in Malay
- insect in Indonesian
- insect in Thai
- insect in Vietnamese
- insect in Myanmar
Questions about insect in Malayalam
- What is the meaning of insect in Malayalam?
- Insect in Malayalam is പ്രാണി (prāṇi), കീടം (kīṭaṁ), ഷഡ്പദം (ṣaḍpadaṁ).
- insect എന്നതിന്റെ മലയാളം അർത്ഥം എന്താണ്?
- Insect: പ്രാണി (prāṇi), കീടം (kīṭaṁ), ഷഡ്പദം (ṣaḍpadaṁ).
- What does insect mean in English?
- Insect means an arthropod (in the Insecta class) characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: insect (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malayalam words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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