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insect
a small creature such as a fly or ant, that has six legs, and sometimes wings:
• Head lice are tiny insects that live in the hair.
bug
a small insect:
• What are those little bugs in my roses?
creepy-crawly
informal an insect, especially one that you are frightened of:
• The mattress was covered in creepy-crawlies.
aphid
technical a small insect that lives on the juice of plants and destroys them:
• The leaves have been attacked by aphids.
Longman-Thesaurus
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noun
bugs:
Few like insects in their food.
Simple Definitions
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insect
adjectives
small
• The bird’s natural diet mainly consists of small insects.
tiny
(= very small )
• The air was filled with thousands of tiny insects.
a flying insect
• Toads mainly eat small dark flying insects.
a winged insect
literary:
• Swallows swooped to snatch winged insects from the sky.
verbs
an insect flies
• Insects were flying around the food on the counter.
an insect crawls
(= moves along the ground )
• A tiny insect was crawling up his arm.
an insect buzzes
(= makes a continuous sound )
• Insects were buzzing around our heads as we walked through the forest.
insect + NOUN
an insect bite
• He was worried about a large red insect bite on his back.
an insect sting
(= a hole in your skin made by an insect )
• This cream is good for treating insect stings.
insect repellent
(= a chemical to keep insects away )
• If you go camping, you should take some insect repellent.
an insect species
• Large numbers of insect species are becoming extinct.
insect eggs
• The leaves were covered in insect eggs.
insect larvae
(= young insects with soft bodies and no wings )
• Fish love food such as worms and insect larvae.
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noun ADJ. flying, winged | aquatic | beneficial Unfortunately, pesticides kill off beneficial insects as well as harmful ones. | harmful, poisonous | social Social insects, such as ants, live in large colonies. QUANT. swarm INSECT + VERB buzz An insect was buzzing around the room. | fly | crawl | swarm | bore Insects had bored deep into the wood. | bite, sting INSECT + NOUN attack The wood should be treated against insect attack. | bite | eggs, larva | pests Gardeners welcome birds as they control insect pests. | repellent, spray | species | world Wasps are the master builders of the insect world.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary