"insect" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

insect sustantivo

sustantivo + insect
Kolokacji: 14
Insect of Hawaii • scale insect • stick insect • pest insect • night insect • ...
insect + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 21
vertebrate insect host • insect vector • insect bite • insect control • insect pest • ...
insect + verbo
Kolokacji: 41
insect buzzing • insect crawls • insect eats • insect flies • insect makes • ...
verbo + insect
Kolokacji: 33
eat insects • catch insects • attract insects • feed on insects • kill insects • ...
adjetivo + insect
Kolokacji: 71
small insect • large insect • aquatic insect • tiny insect • giant insect • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 16
(3) aquatic, terrestrial
Kolokacji: 2
(4) beneficial, unwanted
Kolokacji: 2
(9) winged, wingless
Kolokacji: 2
(10) predatory, hungry, voracious
Kolokacji: 3
(13) rare, occasional
Kolokacji: 2
(14) blood-sucking, sap-sucking
Kolokacji: 2
1. immature insect = niedojrzały owad immature insect
2. larval insect = larwalny owad larval insect
3. wood-boring insect = drewniany-wiercenie owad wood-boring insect
  • It not only provides habitats for other species, but also controls populations of wood-boring insects, helping to protect the trees.
  • The wood is valuable, durable and moderately resistant to wood-boring insects including termites.
  • I suddenly realized they were like damp beneath a house or wood-boring insects that chew away at the foundation of a huge building.
  • Experts said they were killed by Vikane, which is used to exterminate wood-boring insects.
  • A If the log basket is badly damaged by the wood-boring insects, then you might want to take it back to the shop and get a replacement.
  • The home should also be inspected by an exterminating company for wood-boring insects.
  • It is durable, and resistant to wood-boring insects.
  • Plastic sheds are not susceptible to termite or wood-boring insect damage, and they require little maintenance.
  • The only problem was that the floorboards had once been infested with powder post beetles, a virulent wood-boring insect.
  • Process breakthroughs had created a durable consumer-oriented product that was suitable in a variety of climates and resilient to wood-boring insects.
4. edible insect = jadalny owad edible insect
(16) mechanical, robotic
Kolokacji: 2
preposición + insect
Kolokacji: 16
of insects • from insects • for insects • with insects • on insects • ...

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