"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. certain insect = pewny owad certain insect
2. strange insect = dziwny owad strange insect
3. native insect = występujący naturalnie owad native insect
4. exotic insect = owad oryginała exotic insect
  • Record numbers of exotic insects are invading Los Angeles County and threatening California's $16 billion-a-year farm economy.
  • Caterpillar: An exotic insect who gives Alice a piece of hallucinogenic mushroom to eat.
  • Deanna entered the office and again marveled at the cases of exotic insects, all pinned, labeled, and preserved.
  • Flere-Imsaho said, its yellow-green fields extending from its tiny casing like the wings of some exotic insect.
  • The camera stared down at him expectantly, as if he were some exotic insect under a glass.
  • Beautiful macro pictures of exotic insects by Rundstedt Rovillos.
  • It filled one end of the large, sumptuously decorated room, like the cocoon of some vast exotic insect.
  • This must be done in a lab, he said, since parasites and predators of most exotic insects are not usually found in this environment.
  • McCoy looked at him, emotions flitting behind his pale blue eyes like some kind of exotic, alien insects.
  • Insect City houses the more exotic insects, such as beetles, praying mantis, stick insects and giant millipedes.
6. alien insect = obcy owad alien insect
7. known insect = znany owad known 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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