insect pest; damage from insects
worm-hole (in cosmology and science fiction)
insect damage; destruction of crops by pest insects
caries; rotten tooth
(colloquial); see also
齲齒
damaged by moths or worms
white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
small bug; base person (used as a curse word)
white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
trematoda; fluke; trematode worm, approx 6000 species, mostly parasite, incl. on humans
lazy fellow (insult); idle slob
imago (adult, sexually mature insect, the final stage of its development)
to swat an insect; to get rid of intestinal parasite with drugs
poisonous insect (or spider etc); (slang) junkie
woodlouse (suborder Oniscidea within the order Isopoda); a.k.a. roly-poly, pill bug, sow bug etc
reptile (old or common word for 爬行動物|爬行动物)
plant diseases and insect pests
naiad; larva; developmental stage of insect
rice weevil; (fig.) sponger; parasite
army worm (e.g. Mythimna separata or Leucania separata etc, major cereal pests)
spermatozoon; spermatozoa
nematode worm (Caenorhabditis elegans)
bedbug (Cimex lectularius); tick
greenfly (Aphis spp.); aphid
insect that eats into wood, books, clothes etc; (fig.) vermin
roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides), a human parasite
parasitic worm; human pinworm (Enterobius vermicularis)
boring insect; snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest
moth; harmful person; vermin
flying insect; winged insect
water flea (small crustacean of genus Daphnia)
brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB)
yes-man; opinionless person
radiolarian (single-celled animal)
trichlorphon C4H8Cl3PO4, organic phosphate used as insecticide; also called dipterex
foramanifera (a form of plankton)
trichomoniasis (medicine)
bephenium, anti-parasitic worm medicine
reptiles; also written 爬行類|爬行类
beetle; order Coleoptera; the Beatles (1960s UK pop group)
beetle (nickname for VW car)
plasmodium (malaria parasite)
plant diseases and insect pests
pink bollworm; Pectinophora gassypiella
blunderer; bungler; also written 糊塗蟲|糊涂虫
firefly; glowworm; lightning bug
ascariasis; infectation by parasitic roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides
(lit.) bum beetle; sb who tags along; shadow; sycophant
boring insect; snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest
trypanosomiasis; trypanosomosis
stag beetle (generic term for the beetles in the family of lucanidae)
horse roundworm; parascaris equorum
bird writing, a calligraphic style based on seal script 篆书, but with characters decorated as birds and insects
a slug; sb with a runny nose
seven-spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata)
caterpillar fungus (Cordyceps sinensis)
digenetic trematode worm (i.e. from Order Digenea 複殖目|复殖目)
giant stag beetle (Dorcus titanus)
"eel worm", a parasitic worm carrying meningitis
(lit.) the spermatozoons have gone to his head; (fig.) overwhelmed by lust
schistosome, parasitic flatworm causing snail fever (bilharzia or schistosomiasis)
insignificant talent; skill of no high order; minor accomplishment
literary trifles; minor skill
benthic foramanifera; seabed plankton
plasmodium falciparum (malaria parasite)
thecodontia (primitive dinosaur)
"river blindness" or onchocerciasis, the second most common cause of blindness in humans, caused by the filarial parasite worm Onchocerca volvulus
green pest prevention and control; environmentally friendly methods of pest control and prevention
28-spotted ladybird; hadda beetle; Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata
a centipede dies but never falls down; old institutions die hard