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Emoji
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#998
🦟
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Gnat
/næt/
noun
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a small flying insect that bites people and animals
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The gnat buzzed around my head while I was reading. |
midge, fly, mosquito
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gnat bite, swarm of gnats, annoying gnat
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#999
🪱
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Worm
/wɜːrm/
noun
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a long, soft-bodied invertebrate animal that lives in soil
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The bird caught a worm from the garden soil. |
earthworm, larva, grub
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earth worm, book worm, silk worm
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#1000
🐝
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Wasp
/wɒsp/
noun
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a flying insect with a yellow and black striped body and a painful sting
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The wasp stung me when I disturbed its nest. |
hornet, yellow jacket
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wasp nest, wasp sting, paper wasp
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#1001
🦂
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Scorpion
/ˈskɔːr.pi.ən/
noun
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a small creature with eight legs, two claws, and a curved tail with a poisonous sting
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The scorpion hid under the rock during the day. |
arachnid
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scorpion sting, desert scorpion, scorpion tail
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#1002
🦟
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Louse
/laʊs/
noun
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a small insect that lives on the hair or skin of people or animals
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The child had a louse in his hair. |
parasite, bug
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head louse, body louse, louse egg
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#1003
🐛
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Insect
/ˈɪn.sekt/
noun
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a small invertebrate animal with six legs and usually one or two pairs of wings
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The butterfly is a beautiful insect that flies from flower to flower. |
bug, arthropod, creepy-crawly
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mammal, bird, fish
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insect bite, insect repellent, flying insect, crawling insect
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#1004
🦗
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Locust
/ˈloʊ.kəst/
noun
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a large insect that flies in groups and eats crops
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The locusts destroyed the entire wheat field. |
grasshopper, cricket
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locust swarm, locust plague, desert locust
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#1005
🦗
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Cricket
/ˈkrɪk.ɪt/
noun
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a jumping insect that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wings together
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We could hear crickets chirping in the evening. |
grasshopper, insect
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cricket sound, field cricket, house cricket
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#1006
🪱
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Leech
/liːt͡ʃ/
noun
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a blood-sucking worm that lives in water or moist ground
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The doctor used a medical leech to reduce swelling after surgery. |
bloodsucker, parasite, worm
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host, beneficial organism
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medical leech, leech therapy, blood leech, pond leech
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#1007
🐝
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Drone
/droʊn/
noun
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a male bee that does not work and whose only function is to mate with the queen
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The drone bees do not collect honey like worker bees. |
male bee
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worker bee, queen bee
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drone bee, drone cell, drone congregation
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#1008
🐛
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Bug
/bʌɡ/
noun
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a small insect; a defect in a computer program
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I found a bug crawling on my bed sheets. |
insect, beetle, defect
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bed bug, software bug, bug spray
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#1009
🐛
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Silk-worm
/ˈsɪlk.wɜːrm/
noun
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the caterpillar of a moth that produces silk fibers used to make silk fabric
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Silkworms feed on mulberry leaves to produce silk. |
silk caterpillar, bombyx mori
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silkworm cocoon, silkworm farming, silkworm pupae
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#1010
🦋
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Butter-fly
/ˈbʌt.ər.flaɪ/
noun
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a flying insect with large colorful wings
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The beautiful butterfly landed on the flower. |
moth, lepidopteran
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butterfly wings, butterfly garden, monarch butterfly
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#1011
🦟
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Mosquito
/məˈskiː.toʊ/
noun
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a small flying insect that bites people and animals to feed on their blood
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The mosquito bit me on the arm last night. |
gnat, skeeter
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mosquito bite, mosquito net, mosquito repellent
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#1012
🪱
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Horse-leach
/ˈhɔːrs.liːt͡ʃ/
noun
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a large species of leech that was traditionally used in veterinary medicine
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The veterinarian explained that horse-leach was once commonly used to treat horses. |
large leech, veterinary leech, medicinal leech
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small leech, modern medicine
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horse-leach therapy, large horse-leach, traditional horse-leach
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#1013
🦗
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Grass-hopper
/ˈɡræs.hɒp.ər/
noun
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a jumping insect with long hind legs that feeds on grass and plants
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The grasshopper jumped from one leaf to another. |
cricket, locust, katydid
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green grasshopper, jumping grasshopper, large grasshopper
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#1014
🐝
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Bee
/biː/
noun
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a flying insect that produces honey and can sting
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The bee collected nectar from the flower. |
honeybee, bumblebee
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bee hive, bee sting, busy bee, queen bee
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#1015
🜀
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Dragon-fly
/ˈdræɡ.ən.flaɪ/
noun
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a large insect with four transparent wings that lives near water
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The dragonfly hovered over the pond. |
damselfly
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dragonfly nymph, dragonfly wings, dragonfly larvae
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#1016
🕷️
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Spider
/ˈspaɪ.dər/
noun
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a small creature with eight legs that makes webs to catch insects
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The spider caught a fly in its web. |
arachnid
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spider web, spider bite, house spider
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#1017
🐝
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Black-bee
/blæk biː/
noun
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a large dark-colored bee that makes a loud buzzing sound
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The black-bee was buzzing around the flowers in the garden. |
bumblebee, carpenter bee
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black-bee buzzing, black-bee nest, black-bee sting
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#1018
🐜
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White-Ant
/waɪt ænt/
noun
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a small social insect that lives in colonies and feeds on wood and plant matter
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White ants damaged the wooden furniture in our house. |
termite, wood ant
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white ant colony, white ant damage, flying white ant
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#1019
🪲
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Centipede
/ˈsen.tɪ.piːd/
noun
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a long thin creature with many legs that lives in dark places
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I found a centipede crawling under the rock. |
hundred-legger, myriapod
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house centipede, giant centipede, centipede bite
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#1020
🪲
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Beetle
/ˈbiː.təl/
noun
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a hard-bodied insect with wing covers
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The black beetle scurried across the garden path. |
bug, scarab, weevil
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dung beetle, ground beetle, beetle larvae
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#1021
🪱
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Earth-worm
/ˈɜːθ.wɜːm/
noun
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a segmented worm that lives in soil and helps decompose organic matter
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The gardener was happy to find many earthworms in the soil. |
worm, night crawler, angleworm
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pest, harmful insect
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earthworm casting, soil earthworm, garden earthworm, composting earthworm
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#1022
🐛
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Caterpillar
/ˈkæt.ər.pɪl.ər/
noun
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the larva of a butterfly or moth that feeds on plants
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The caterpillar ate all the leaves on the plant. |
larva, grub, worm
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woolly caterpillar, caterpillar stage, tent caterpillar
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#1023
🐝
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Hornet
/ˈhɔːr.nət/
noun
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a large wasp that can sting and is often aggressive
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The hornet built its nest under the roof. |
wasp, yellowjacket
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hornet nest, hornet sting, giant hornet
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#1024
🦅
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Flying creature
/ˈflaɪ.ɪŋ ˈkriː.tʃər/
noun
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any animal that has the ability to fly through the air
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Birds, bats, and insects are all examples of flying creatures. |
winged animal, aerial creature, airborne animal
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ground creature, flightless animal, terrestrial animal
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flying creature habitat, nocturnal flying creature, small flying creature, wild flying creature
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#1025
🪰
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Fly
/flaɪ/
noun
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a small flying insect with two wings
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The fly buzzed around the kitchen. |
housefly, insect
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fruit fly, house fly, fly swatter
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#1026
🪲
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Fire-fly, Glow-worm
/ˈfaɪər.flaɪ, ˈɡloʊ.wɜːrm/
noun
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a nocturnal beetle that produces light through bioluminescence
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We watched the fireflies glow in the dark evening. |
lightning bug, glowworm
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firefly glow, catch fireflies, firefly light
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#1027
🪳
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Cockroach
/ˈkɒk.roʊtʃ/
noun
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a flat brown insect that is commonly found in kitchens and other warm places
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A cockroach ran across the kitchen floor quickly. |
roach, bug
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kitchen cockroach, large cockroach, flying cockroach
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