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		|  insect 
  
 
 
 1 different kinds of insect
 2 things that insects do
 3 avoiding or killing insects
 see also SPIDER
 
 1  different kinds of insect
 - a small animal with six legs and usually one or two pairs of wings: insect
 - a small insect, especially one that causes damage or is found in dirty places: bug
 ※ bees BEE
 - an insect like a butterfly that normally flies at night: moth
 - a flying insect that often destroys vegetation and crops: locust
 - an insect that makes a loud noise by rubbing its wings together: cricket
 - a small flying insect that bites people and animals and sucks their blood: mosquito (plural mosquitoes)
 - a small insect like a mosquito that bites: gnat, midge
 - a very small jumping insect that lives on cats, dogs, etc: flea
 Their dog's got fleas!
 - a small insect that lives on the skin and in the hair of people and animals: louse (plural lice)
 - a small insect that lives in the skin of an animal and sucks its blood: tick
 sheep ticks
 - an animal like an insect that lives in hot countries and has a long tail that produces a poisonous sting: scorpion
 - a large brown or black insect, often found in dirty places: cockroach
 - a long thin crawling animal with many pairs of legs: centipede, millipede
 - an insect like an ant, that eats and destroys wood: termite
 - an insect that grows from the eggs of flies that have been laid in meat, cheese, etc: maggot
 
 2  things that insects do
 - the sound that an insect makes when flying: buzz; verb: buzz
 - when an insect such as a mosquito or an ant pricks your skin and sucks your blood, it bites* you; noun: bite
 I've got mosquito bites all down my arm!
 - when a bee or wasp pricks your skin, it stings* you; noun: sting
 a bee sting ◎ Ow! I've been stung by a wasp.
 - a large group of insects flying together: swarm
 a swarm of midges/bees/wasps
 - to move slowly with the body close to the ground or some other surface: crawl
 Some kind of insect just crawled under your chair.
 - completely covered with insects: crawling with sth
 The kitchen was crawling with cockroaches.
 - the fine yellow powder that bees and other insects collect from flowers and carry to other flowers: pollen (noun U)
 
 3  avoiding or killing insects
 - to hit an insect with sth flat or with your hand: swat sth
 to swat a fly
 - a chemical used to kill insects that destroy plants: insecticide (noun C/U)
 - a chemical used to keep insects away: repellent (noun C/U)
 mosquito repellent
 - liquid in a special container (an aerosol) that is used for killing flies or other insects in the house: fly spray (noun U)
 - a fine cotton net which covers a bed to prevent mosquitoes biting you during the night: mosquito net
 
 
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