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insect / bug / worm / CL: 條|条, 隻|只
HSK 4
injurious insect / pest
HSK 7-9
blunderer / bungler
sleeping sickness / African trypanosomiasis
stinkbug
water flea (small crustacean of genus Daphnia)
caterpillar
roundworm; ascarid; (esp.) Ascaris lumbricoides, a human parasite / (fig.) person who knows what another person is thinking; a mind reader
pest / evildoer
insecticide / pesticide
boring insect / snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest
horse roundworm / parascaris equorum
insect pest / damage from insects
lit. the spermatozoons have gone to his head / fig. overwhelmed by lust
insect / CL: 隻|只, ,
HSK 7-9
caterpillar
parasite (biology) / (fig.) freeloader
insects of the order Coleoptera (i.e. beetles)
plant diseases and insect pests
Toxoplasma gondii
seven-spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata)
pink bollworm / Pectinophora gassypiella
schistosoma
moth / harmful person / vermin
greenfly (Aphis spp.) / aphid
imago (adult, sexually mature insect, the final stage of its development)
insecticide
sandworm
insect or insect-like small creature (literary) / base person (used as a curse word)
(medicine) scrub typhus; bush typhus; tsutsugamushi disease
insects
the Beatles (1960s UK pop group)
beetle
beetle larva
tiger
to swat an insect / to get rid of intestinal parasite with drugs
plant diseases and insect pests
pill bug; roly-poly
a slug / sb with a runny nose
reptile
worm
seasonal insect (e.g. cicada)
reptiles / also written 爬行類|爬行类
insect that eats into wood, books, clothes etc / fig. vermin
ascariasis, infection caused by the roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides
tick (the parasitic arachnid)
locust
nematode
beetle
firefly / glowworm / lightning bug
pitiful creature / wretch
insecticide
ladybug / ladybird
Toxoplasma gondii
yes-man / opinionless person
poisonous insect (or spider etc); venomous snake / (slang) junkie
green pest prevention and control; environmentally friendly methods of pest control and prevention
beneficial insect
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  *蟲* | 蟲* | *蟲
lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures / CL: 條|条, 隻|只 / (fig.) person with a particular undesirable characteristic
schistosomiasis
mealworm (Tenebrio molitor)
mosquito
enterobiasis
shellac
brown marmorated stinkbug (BMSB)
(idiom) ferocious beasts
Cestoda (an order of flatworms)
bedbug (Cimex lectularius) / tick
trilobite
stinkbug
trichlorfon (C4H8Cl3O4P), organophosphate insecticide; also called dipterex
naiad / larva / developmental stage of insect
"river blindness" or onchocerciasis, the second most common cause of blindness in humans, caused by the filarial parasite worm Onchocerca volvulus
white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
amoeba / ameba
caterpillar fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis) (The fungus grows within the body of a caterpillar, culminating in the emergence of a stalked fruiting body from the caterpillar's head, and is a much-prized and expensive ingredient used as a tonic in traditional Chinese medicine.)
larva
benthic foraminifera
flatworm
bookworm
reptile / (Internet) web crawler
plasmodium (malaria parasite)
Trichoplax adhaerens (biology)
28-spotted ladybird / hadda beetle / Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata
digenetic trematode worm (i.e. from Order Digenea 複殖目|复殖目)
Giardiasis, a form of gastro-enteritis caused by infection of gut by Giardia lamblia protozoan parasite
armyworm (Mythimna separata)
giant stag beetle (Dorcus titanus)
sex maniac
woodlouse (suborder Oniscidea within the order Isopoda) / a.k.a. roly-poly, pill bug, sow bug etc
bephenium, anti-parasitic worm medicine
arbovirus
tooth decay; dental caries / decayed tooth; rotten tooth
literary trifles / minor skill
entomology
swindler / conman
stag beetle (generic term for the beetles in the family of lucanidae)
insectivorous plant
to repel insects; to deworm
tapeworm (Taenia solium)

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