"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. stinging insect = kłując owada stinging insect
2. poisonous insect = jadowity owad poisonous insect
3. harmful insect = szkodliwy owad harmful insect
  • Numerous studies have been done on the toxicity in insects harmful to crops for use as a possible insecticide.
  • We put beneficial nematodes in the ground to attack the larva of harmful insects.
  • There were no harmful insects left; the Machine had seen to that.
  • Goureau was especially devoted to the study of harmful (and later beneficial)insects.
  • The use of human hands to remove harmful insects or other toxic material is often the most common action by gardeners.
  • Another possible explanation is that the sudden movement dislodges harmful insects.
  • With no natural controls, the harmful insects reproduce so rapidly that they soon become immune to the pesticide.
  • He helped set up measures to control the spread of plant diseases and harmful insects from both within and outside Canada.
  • DDT was thought to be the 'final solution' to the problem of harmful insects.
  • They also pray for the elimination of disasters or harmful insects.
4. destructive insect = niszczący owad destructive insect
5. noxious insect = trujący owad noxious insect
6. loathsome insect = wstrętny owad loathsome insect
7. venomous insect = jadowity owad venomous insect
8. harmless insect = niegroźny owad harmless 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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