insectoid

Examples

• All

• The bug-eyed creature in the movie had an insectoid appearance that made it both fascinating and terrifying.

• Maybe it's an insectoid angel.

  Fiction book (2000)

• Does this nurse look totally insectoid to you?

  High School (2010)

• I mean, it looked almost insectoid.

  Super Hybrid (2011)

• You may have discovered a new subspecies of flying insectoid.

  Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017)

• Reluctantly, although she was not sure why, she climbed out of the vehicle and followed the insectoid.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Perhaps after a few hours away from the planet, she would be able to organize her chaotic impressions of their insectoid hosts.

  Fiction book (1992)

• The sculpture featured insectoid shapes that seemed to crawl along the surface.

• Researchers studied an insectoid design for drones, inspired by the way insects fly.

Synonyms

I

insectile

vsinsectoid

1 7.5

Having the look or movement of a bug

stresses appearance or structural resemblance especially in physical parts

I

insectlike

vsinsectoid

1 4.0

Having the look or movement of an insect

focuses on visual shape and physical structure rather than movement

I

insectival

vsinsectoid

1 8.6

Relating to insects or their bodies and habits

means resembling an insect mainly in physical appearance or structure

I

insectan

vsinsectoid

• Specialized

8.9

Relates to insects such as ants or bees

describes resemblance in form or structure rather than taxonomic relation

How Insect-Like

insectoid

3 7.1

insectlike

1 4.0

insectival

1 8.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology