lexis4u: Insects

Thematic Vocabulary Unit Nº 50 v.05

Main Definitions

insect |n| an arthropod animal of a large class having a head, thorax, and abdomen, six legs, two antennae, and one or two pairs of wings.
"What are those little bugs in my roses?"
bug |n| a small insect.
creepy-crawly |n| |informal| an insect, especially one that you are frightened of.
"The mattress was covered in creepy-crawlies."
aphid |n| |technical| a small insect that lives on the juice of plants and destroys them.
"The leaves have been attacked by aphids."

head |n| the upper part of the body of an animal, typically separated for the rest of the body by a neck, and containing the brain, mouth, and sense organs.
feeler |n| an animal organ such as an antenna that is used for testing things by touch or for searching for food.
eye |n| the organ of sight in humans or other animals.
trunk / thorax |n| a person's or animal's body apart from the limbs and head.
abdomen |n| the rear part of the body of an arthropod.
sting |n| a small sharp-pointed organ of an insect, plant, etc. capable of inflicting a painful wound by injecting poison.
leg |n| each of the limbs on which a person or animal walks and stands.
wing |n| a modified forelimb or other appendage enabling an insect to fly.

honey |n| a sweet, sticky yellowish-brown fluid made by bees and other insects from flower nectar.
"The bee turns nectar into honey."
insect bite |n| a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin.
insect repellent |n| a substance applied to skin or clothing which deters or repels insects.
insect spray |n| a substance which can be sprayed in the home to kill insects.
"Mrs Saito moved among the rare plants with her insect spray, firing punitive bursts at their tender leaves."
insecticide |n| a substance or agent used to kill insects and other arthropods.
larvae |n| |pl larvae| an active immature form of an insect or other animal that undergoes metamorphosis, e.g. a caterpillar or tadpole.
pest |n| a destructive insect or other animal that attacks crops, food, or livestock.
tadpole |n| the tailed aquatic larva of an amphibian such as a frog, breathing through gills and lacking legs until the later stages of its development.
wingless |n| lacking wings.
swarms |n| a large or dense group of flying insects.
wax |n| any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin, they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water.

worm |n| any of numerous long, slender, soft-bodied, legless, bilaterally symmetrical invertebrates, including the flatworms, roundworms, acanthocephalans, nemerteans, gordiaceans, and annelids.