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1) a small animal like a mouse with large wings that flies at night and feeds on fruit and insects (bat)

2) the sound made by bees and other insects when flying (buzz)

3) (to make) the short, sharp sound(s) of small birds or insects (chirp)

4) a substance used for killing insects (insecticide)

5) a place made or chosen by a bird for its eggs; a place in which certain insects etc keep their young (nest)

6) the fine powder (usually yellow) formed on flowers, which fertilizes other flowers when carried to them by the wind, insects etc (pollen)

7) an elephant's trunk; a long part of the mouth of some insects (proboscis)

8) (often movable) upright framework (some made to fold), used to divide a room; anything that is or can be used to give shelter or protection form observation, thee weather etc; a surface on which films, photographs, TV pictures are shown; a frame with fine wire netting to keep out insects (screen)

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

10) a sharp, often poisonous, pointed organ of some insects (e.g. bees); a substance on a plant causing pain when touched (sting)

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vermin

(usually used with a plural verb) wild animals (e.g. rats, foxes) harmful to plants, birds and other animals; kinds of insect (e.g. lice) living on the bodies of human beings and other animals

noxious or annoying small animals or insects

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