From Longman Dictionary spi‧der /ˈspaɪdə $ -ər/ ●●● S3 noun [countable] a small creature with eight legs, which catches insects using a fine network of sticky threads a computer program that searches the Internet for the best websites with the information you want, so that you can find it quickly Example The blanched nape of a neck, spiders of hair breaking free of the bun, twirling on…
From Longman Dictionary black ˈwidow noun [countable] a very poisonous type of spider that is black with red marks Example There are stories about the ant and a black widow spider He was built like a black widow spider, his chest and shoulders so large that it diminished his limbs Pepita had been trying…
From Longman Dictionary crane fly noun (plural crane flies) [countable] a flying insect with long legs Example A brown and white female appeared with a crane fly in her beak
From Longman Dictionary bed‧bug /ˈbedbʌɡ/ noun [countable] an insect that sucks blood and lives in dirty houses, especially in beds Example She’s barmy as a bedbug But the heat and the endlessly pestering fleas and bedbugs dragged them, again and again, back to consciousness I undressed and went to bed, but I was immediately bitten…
From Longman Dictionary grass‧hop‧per /ˈɡrɑːsˌhɒpə $ ˈɡræsˌhɑːpər/ noun [countable] an insect that has long back legs for jumping and that makes short loud noises Example To drive, the MR2 feels like a grasshopper Even when she was knee-high to a grasshopper A grasshopper is big to a…
From Longman Dictionary fire‧fly /ˈfaɪəflaɪ $ ˈfaɪr-/ noun (plural fireflies) [countable] an insect with a tail that shines in the dark Example Anne’s husband, Cuthbert, said there’d be fireflies tonight So many green sparkles, so many fireflies The crickets had started up; next the fireflies would alight, but not as many as…
From Longman Dictionary bee‧tle1 /ˈbiːtl/ noun [countable] an insect with a round hard back that is usually black beetle2 verb [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to go somewhere quickly and leaning forward Example You know that story of the man who wakes up and…
From Longman Dictionary ˈænt laɪən a small insect that eats other insects, especially ants, which it catches in a hole made in the sand
From Longman Dictionary ter‧mite /ˈtɜːmaɪt $ ˈtɜːr-/ noun [countable] an insect that eats and destroys wood from trees and buildings Example One animal, however, has acquired the ability to fish termites out of their nests very much more swiftly A single bug may catch ten or more termites in succession in this way On the contrary, they and indeed most other termites certainly have…
From Longman Dictionary star‧fish /ˈstɑːˌfɪʃ $ ˈstɑːr-/ noun (plural starfish) [countable] a flat sea animal that has five arms forming the shape of a star Example Thousands of fertilized sea urchin eggs, starfish and blue clams returned to Earth with the astronauts Modern examples of those classes include starfish, spiders, worms, snails and eels Much of the current research on biological neural networks involves the study of invertebrate animals, such as sea slugs or starfish…
