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• insect — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ flying, winged ▪ aquatic ▪ beneficial ▪ Unfortunately, pesticides kill off beneficial insects as well as harmful ones. ▪ harmful …   Collocations dictionary

• Insect flight — Insects are the only group of invertebrates known to have evolved flight. Insects possess some remarkable flight characteristics and abilities, still far superior to attempts by humans to replicate their capabilities. Even our understanding of… …   Wikipedia

• Insect wing — Original veins and wing posture of a dragonfly. Hoverflies hovering to mate …   Wikipedia

• insect — insectival /in sek tuy veuhl/, adj. /in sekt/, n. 1. any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two… …   Universalium

• attack — at|tack1 W1S2 [əˈtæk] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(violence against somebody/something)¦ 2¦(in a war)¦ 3¦(criticism)¦ 4¦(illness)¦ 5¦(emotion)¦ 6¦(attempt to stop something)¦ 7¦(sport)¦ 8¦(damage)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Insect-related deaths in Arizona — Recently reported findings show that approximately 56% of all deaths in Arizona are in same way insect related. The study was commissioned in response to the large number of retirees establishing residency in the state. Researchers conducted a… …   Wikipedia

• attack — [[t]ətæ̱k[/t]] ♦ attacks, attacking, attacked 1) VERB To attack a person or place means to try to hurt or damage them using physical violence. [V n] Fifty civilians in Masawa were killed when government planes attacked the town... [V n] He… …   English dictionary

• insect bite and sting —       break in the skin or puncture caused by an insect and complicated by introduction into the skin of the insect s saliva, venom, or excretory products. Specific components of these substances are believed to give rise to an allergic reaction …   Universalium

• scale insect — any of numerous small, plant sucking homopterous insects of the superfamily Coccoidea, the males of which are winged and the females wingless, often covered by a waxy secretion resembling scales. [1830 40] * * * Any member of several families of… …   Universalium

• Shark attack — For the film, see Shark Attack (film). Shark attack Classification and external resources A sign warning about the presence of sharks off Salt Rock, South Africa …   Wikipedia

• Dog attack — Classification and external resources Dogs typically attack using their teeth[1] ICD 10 …   Wikipedia