History
History
Synonyms
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Meaning:
arthropod

any animal of a group having jointed legs, a segmented body and a hard external skeleton, such as a crab, spider, beetle or centipede

bug

butterfly

an insect with large, often colourful, wings

bug

cockroach

a kind of large, dark brown insect that comes out at night in kitchens and places where food is kept

bug

dragonfly

a kind of insect with a long body and two pairs of long wings

bug

flea

a kind of small wingless jumping insect that feeds on the blood of humans and animals

bug

gnat

a kind of small two-winged fly that bites

bug

grasshopper

a kind of jumping insect which makes a shrill, chirping noise

bug

hornet

a kind of large insect of the wasp family

bug

insect

any of a kind of small animals, such as an ant, fly, beetle, having six legs and no backbone and a body divided into three parts

bug

mosquito

a small, flying, blood-sucking insect, especially the sort that spreads malaria

bug

moth

a kind of winged insect flying mainly at night

bug

spider

a kind of creature with eight legs that can make a net (web) to catch insects

bug

termite

an insect (popularly called 'white ant') that makes large hills of hard earth

bug

ARACHNID as in Wiktionary
ARACHNID as in Wikipedia