"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
1. social insect = stadny owad social insect
  • He was the twentieth century's leading expert on this group of social insects.
  • Success and dominance in ecosystems: the case of the social insects.
  • Studies have tested whether this rule also applies to social insects.
  • At the start, it was used for invertebrates only, usually social insects.
  • The data he was looking for on social insects did not exist.
  • That kind of parental care is common only among social insects, like bees.
  • Their societies are among the most complex found in social insects.
  • So what gain do the social insects get from their socialism?
  • The use of scents is especially well known to have developed in social insects.
  • Ants are called social insects because they live in large colonies.
2. parasitic insect = pasożytniczy owad parasitic insect
3. soft-bodied insect = soft-bodied owad soft-bodied insect
4. herbivorous insect = roślinożerny owad herbivorous insect
5. carnivorous insect = mięsożerny owad carnivorous insect
6. squashed insect = zgnieciony owad squashed insect
7. adult insect = dorosły owad adult insect
8. plant-eating insect = roślinożerny owad plant-eating insect
9. unwary insect = owad nieroztropnych unwary insect
(9) winged, wingless
Kolokacji: 2
(10) predatory, hungry, voracious
Kolokacji: 3
(13) rare, occasional
Kolokacji: 2
(14) blood-sucking, sap-sucking
Kolokacji: 2
(16) mechanical, robotic
Kolokacji: 2
preposición + insect
Kolokacji: 16
of insects • from insects • for insects • with insects • on insects • ...

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