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

DADDY LONGLEGS as in Wiktionary
DADDY LONGLEGS as in Wikipedia