| bird of prey |
a bird that hunts and kills other creatures for food. eagles, hawks and owls are all birds of prey. |
"We watched a bird of prey swoop down on a mouse." |
petolintu |
| catbird |
a North American bird with dark grey or black feathers, a long tail and a call that sounds like a cat |
"A catbird sang in an apple tree" |
naukuja |
| bedbug |
a small flat insect that lives especially in beds, where it bites people and drinks their blood |
"The lifespan of a bedbug depends on the feeding habits and the climate." |
lude |
| chigger |
a small flea that lives in tropical regions and lays eggs under a person’s or an animal’s skin, causing painful areas on the skin |
"You'll get ticks and chiggers all over you." |
samettipunkki |
| damselfly |
an insect with a long thin body and two pairs of wings, similar to a dragonfly but smaller |
"The emerald damselfly, which is not common in Devon, has been recorded here." |
hentosudenkorento |
| cocoon |
a cover or case of silk threads that some insects make to protect themselves before they become adults |
"Eggs deposited in a cocoon after copulation." |
kotelo |
| gnat |
a very small fly with two wings that bites and often flies in large groups |
"The gnat larva, for example, breathes at the tail-end, hanging head-downwards from the surface-film." |
sääski |
| tapeworm |
a long, flat worm that can live in the intestines of animals and humans and can cause illness |
"That tapeworm found in the human body was 33 meters in length." |
lapamato |
| tick |
a very small creature that bites humans and animals and drinks their blood. There are several types of tick, some of which can carry diseases. |
"I noticed a tick on my arm." |
punkki |
| black widow |
a poisonous American spider. The female black widow often eats the male. |
"A Black widow has a red hourglass-shaped mark on its abdomens." |
mustaleski |
| hive |
a structure made for bees to live in |
"The beekeeper opens the lower part of the hive and peers in." |
mehiläispesä |
| daddy-long-legs |
a small creature like a spider with very long legs |
"Daddy-long-legs aren′t even really spiders." |
lukki |
| leech |
a small worm that usually lives in water and that attaches itself to other creatures and drinks their blood. |
"After swimming in the river I had a leech stuck on my leg." |
juotikas/iilimato |
| thorax |
the middle section of an insect’s body, to which the legs and wings are attached |
"Each segment of the thorax carries a pair of legs." |
keskiruumis |
| moth |
a flying insect with a long thin body and four large wings, like a butterfly, but less brightly coloured. Moths fly mainly at night and are attracted to bright lights. |
"I saw a moth stuck inside my window." |
yöperhonen |
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