From Longman Dictionary cen‧ti‧pede /ˈsentəpiːd/ noun [countable] a small creature like a worm with a lot of very small legs Example And having bites on my face from a very large centipede
From Longman Dictionary midge /mɪdʒ/ noun [countable] a small flying insect that can bite people Example Designed to be worn under a jacket to protect face and neck from midges and mosquitoes That when it did, she believed that they would be obliterated totally, like midges slapped into nothingness by a giant We all had…
From Longman Dictionary may‧fly /ˈmeɪflaɪ/ noun (plural mayflies) [countable] a small insect that lives near water, and only lives for a short time Example The other main type of life-cycle is followed by insects such as the aphids, grasshoppers, dragonflies and mayflies There were squirming, naked mayfly nymphs that…
From Longman Dictionary mag‧got /ˈmæɡət/ noun [countable] a small creature like a worm that is the young form of a fly and lives in decaying food, flesh etc Example You bet him sixpence he could not eat a maggot and he promptly swallowed a live one and grabbed your tanner It fledged four young, and 156…
From Longman Dictionary lug‧worm /ˈlʌɡwɜːm $ -wɜːrm/ noun [countable] a small worm that lives in sand by the sea, often used to catch fish Example It is fair to warn anglers that thousands of crabs soon make short work of rag and lugworm Dungeness beach yielded dabs to black lugworm Ragworm was again the successful bait fished over the extensive lugworm beds…
From Longman Dictionary louse1 /laʊs/ noun [countable] (plural lice /laɪs/) a small insect that lives on the hair or skin of people or animals (plural louses) informal someone who is nasty and unpleasant Example I did comb out a single dead louse, and we inspected it on a sheet of white paper Virtually his entire skeleton was visible through his coat,…
From Longman Dictionary lo‧cust /ˈləʊkəst $ ˈloʊ-/ noun [countable] an insect that lives mainly in Asia and Africa and flies in a very large group, eating and destroying crops Example Perhaps nets were hung over windows and doorways in the temples to keep out birds, and possibly dragon-flies and locusts Growing close to…
From Longman Dictionary ˈlɪvə fluːk a small worm that, in an adult form, lives in the liver of people or animals, often causing disease
From Longman Dictionary lim‧pet /ˈlɪmpɪt/ noun [countable] a small sea animal with a shell, which holds tightly onto the rock where it lives Example Nails stuck on Firelight like a limpet Flora clung to her, like a limpet The company were crammed into the kitchen like a limpet in its shell Small…
From Longman Dictionary ˌlɒŋɡuˈstiːn a shellfish that is a type of small lobster that may be prepared and eaten as scampi
