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moth / harmful person / vermin
to repel insects; to deworm
injurious insect / pest
HSK 7-9
flying insect / winged insect
sleeping sickness / African trypanosomiasis
schistosome, parasitic flatworm causing snail fever (bilharzia or schistosomiasis)
trilobite
plant diseases and insect pests
seven-spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata)
insect / CL: 隻|只, ,
HSK 7-9
caterpillar
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  *虫* | 虫* | *虫
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
Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
reptile / (Internet) web crawler
lit. the spermatozoons have gone to his head / fig. overwhelmed by lust
pitiful creature / wretch
entomology
reptile
yes-man / opinionless person
insecticide
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.)
parasite (biology) / (fig.) freeloader
trichomoniasis (medicine)
stinkbug
insect / bug / worm / CL: 條|条, 隻|只
HSK 4
(coll.) snake
locust
bookworm
insecticide / pesticide
mosquito
greenfly (Aphis spp.) / aphid
larva
trypanosomiasis
amoeba / (fig.) sb or sth that is highly adaptable or changeable
bedbug (Cimex lectularius) / tick
armyworm (Mythimna separata)
boring insect / snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest
worm
imago (adult, sexually mature insect, the final stage of its development)
(coll.) lazybones
schistosomiasis
insignificant talent / skill of no high order / minor accomplishment
(medicine) scrub typhus; bush typhus; tsutsugamushi disease
(medicine) babesiosis
caterpillar
sandworm
woodlouse (suborder Oniscidea within the order Isopoda) / a.k.a. roly-poly, pill bug, sow bug etc
the Beatles (1960s UK pop group)
beetle
plant diseases and insect pests
(physics) wormhole
coccidia (biology)
white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
insects
stag beetle (generic term for the beetles in the family of lucanidae)
slug
ground beetle
Protura (soil dwelling primitive hexapod)
insect or insect-like small creature (literary) / base person (used as a curse word)
lit. bum beetle / sb who tags along / shadow / sycophant
poisonous insect (or spider etc); venomous snake / (slang) junkie
beneficial insect
(entomology) nymph
firefly / glowworm / lightning bug
millipede
trematoda / fluke / trematode worm, approx 6000 species, mostly parasite, incl. on humans
Toxoplasma gondii
spermatozoon / spermatozoa
ladybug / ladybird
Volkswagen Beetle
green pest prevention and control; environmentally friendly methods of pest control and prevention
a centipede dies but never falls down / old institutions die hard
Cestoda (an order of flatworms)
schistosoma
weevil / snout beetle
tapeworm (Taenia solium)
insects of the order Coleoptera (i.e. beetles)
tick (the parasitic arachnid)
mite (zoology)
cotton bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera)
trichlorphon C4H8Cl3PO4, organic phosphate used as insecticide / also called dipterex
whipworm
mealworm (Tenebrio molitor)
pest / evildoer
Internet addict
Toxoplasma gondii
insecticide
(idiom) ferocious beasts
beetle
rove beetle
protozoan
roundworm; ascarid; (esp.) Ascaris lumbricoides, a human parasite / (fig.) person who knows what another person is thinking; a mind reader
bephenium, anti-parasitic worm medicine
mythological insect that makes people doze off / (fig.) drowsiness / (coll.) person who loves sleeping / sleepaholic
blunderer / bungler
parasitic worm / human pinworm (Enterobius vermicularis)
wriggler / mosquito larva

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