Phrase Hound found 14 phrases and 3 compound words that contain insects. The most common are listed below. Open insects in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 14
- king of insectsThe bee.
- beneficial insectsplural of beneficial insect: Any species of insect that provides pollination or pest control.
- leaf insectsplural of leaf insect: Any of the insects in the family Phylliidae, which mimic leaves.
- scale insectsplural of scale insect: Any of the small parasitic insects of the superfamily Coccoidea that live on plants and sap nutrients from them.
- social insectsplural of social insect: Any insect that shares shelter, defence and food, and reproduces cooperatively
- stick insectsplural of stick insect: Any of various insects of the order Phasmida that mimic sticks or twigs.
- angel insectsplural of angel insect: Any insect of the order Zoraptera.
- fig insectsplural of fig insect: A fig wasp, a wasp of the superfamily Chalcidoidea that feeds on figs
- ghost insectsplural of ghost insect: Any of various stick insects of the order Phasmida.
- turtle-insectsplural of turtle-insect: Coccus hesperidum.
- lac insectsplural of lac insect: Any of the family Kerriidae of scale insects.
- Lord Howe Island stick insectsplural of Lord Howe Island stick insect: Dryococelus australis, a large stick insect.
- Children's stick insectsplural of Children's stick insect: A large Eastern Australian stick insect of the species Tropidoderus childrenii.
- coral insectsplural of coral insect: One of the polyps (not insects) by which corals are formed.
Compound words 3
- disinsectsthird-person singular simple present indicative of disinsect: To eliminate insects from something, usually by application of an insecticide.
- microinsectsplural of microinsect: A very small insect
- noninsectsplural of noninsect: A creature that is not an insect.