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1 insect
['insekt](any of many kinds of small six-legged creatures with wings and a body divided into sections: We were bothered by flies, wasps and other insects.) insekts; kukainis- insectivorous
- insect repellent* * *insekts, kukainis -
2 ant
[ænt](a type of small insect, related to bees, wasps etc, thought of as hard-working.) skudra- ant-hill* * *skudra; skudru lācis -
3 aphid
['eifid](a very small insect that lives on plants, especially a greenfly.) laputs* * *laputs -
4 mite
1) (a tiny person or child.) mazulis2) (a type of very small insect.) knislis* * *artava, grasis; sīks nieks; mazulis -
5 mosquito
[mə'ski:tou]plural - mosquito(e)s; noun(any of several types of small insect, which suck blood from animals and people and in this way transmit diseases such as malaria.) moskīts; ods* * *moskīts, ods -
6 nit
[nit](the egg of a louse or other small insect (eg found in a person's hair).) gnīda* * *rieksts; gnīda; muļķis -
7 bug
1. noun1) (an insect that lives in dirty houses and beds: a bedbug.) blakts2) (an insect: There's a bug crawling up your arm.) kukainis; vabole3) (a germ or infection: a stomach bug.) vīruss4) (a small hidden microphone.) noklausīšanās ierīce2. verb1) (to place small hidden microphones in (a room etc): The spy's bedroom was bugged.) iestādīt noklausīšanās ierīci2) (to annoy: What's bugging him?) kaitināt; ērcināt* * *blakts; kukainis, vabole; vīruss; neprātīga ideja; slepenas noklausīšanās ierīce, diktofons; tehnisks defekts; slepeni noklausīties, uzstādīt slepenas noklausīšanās ierīci; būt apnicīgam -
8 bedbug
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9 creepy-crawly
plural - creepy-crawlies; noun (a small creeping insect.)* * *rāpojošs kukainis -
10 flea
[fli:](a type of small blood-sucking insect that jumps instead of flying and lives on the bodies of animals or people.) blusa* * *blusa -
11 fly
I plural - fliesnou)1) (a type of small winged insect.)2) (a fish hook made to look like a fly so that a fish will take it in its mouth: Which fly should I use to catch a trout?)3) ((often in plural) a piece of material with buttons or a zip, especially at the front of trousers.)•II past tense - flew; verb1) (to (make something) go through the air on wings etc or in an aeroplane: The pilot flew (the plane) across the sea.) lidot; pilotēt (lidmašīnu)2) (to run away (from): He flew (the country).) bēgt3) ((of time) to pass quickly: The days flew past.) (par laiku) joņot; skriet•- flyer- flier
- flying saucer
- flying visit
- frequent flyer/flier
- flyleaf
- flyover
- fly in the face of
- fly into
- fly off the handle
- get off to a flying start
- let fly
- send someone/something flying
- send flying* * *muša; lidojums; vienzirga ekipāža; spārns; balansieris; sofite; aizdares pārmala, pogcaurumu sloksne; lidot; pilotēt, vadīt; izmantot gaisa transportu, lidot ar lidmašīnu, lidot; pārlidot; joņot, mesties, drāzties; plīvot; palaist gaisā; izmanīgs, veikls, viltīgs -
12 greenfly
plural - greenfly; noun (a type of small, green insect: The leaves of this rose tree have been eaten by greenfly.)* * *laputs -
13 tick
I 1. [tik] noun1) (a regular sound, especially that of a watch, clock etc.) tikšķēšana2) (a moment: Wait a tick!) mirklis2. verb(to make a sound like this: Your watch ticks very loudly!) tikšķētII 1. [tik] noun(a mark () used to show that something is correct, has been noted etc.) ķeksītis2. verb((often with off) to put this mark beside an item or name on a list etc: She ticked everything off on the list.) atzīmēt ar ķeksīti- tick someone off- tick off
- give someone a ticking off
- give a ticking off
- tick someone off
- tick off
- tick over
- ticked off III [tik] noun(a type of small, blood-sucking insect: Our dog has ticks.) ērce* * *tiks; ērce; tikšķēšana, tikšķis; kredīts; rēķins; uzmācīgs cilvēks; pārvalks; ķeksītis, atzīme; mirklis; tikšķēt; pirkt uz kredīta; pārdot uz kredīta; atzīmēt ar ķeksīti -
14 tiny
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