"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
6. alien insect = obcy owad alien insect
7. known insect = znany owad known insect
  • This is the only known insect in the world to feature a giant single spermatazoon.
  • It describes the appearance, habits and locality of all the known insects except the beetles, and is a marvel of patient and accurate observation.
  • More important, pilingitam was anti-fungal and no known insect had ever considered it a suitable dinner.
  • World's oldest known insect, Rhyniognatha hirsti named by Robert John Tillyard.
  • The petroleum fly, Helaeomyia petrolei, is the only known insect whose larva live in naturally occurring crude petroleum.
  • Unlike most other pests, the adelgid apparently is not controlled by any other known insect or animal, said Mr. Smith.
  • Vespa mandarinia japonica (sometimes known as Japanese giant hornet) - the largest wasp, and the most venomous known insect (per sting).
  • Scientists find a fossilised head and identify it as part of a 400 million-year-old fly, making it the oldest known insect.
  • Queen ants have one of the longest life-spans of any known insect - up to 28 years in captivity.
  • The Petroleum fly, formerly P. petrolei, which is the only known insect to develop in naturally occurring crude oil, was transferred to genus Helaeomyia.
(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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