Word List Insects 112 words

Insects Vocabulary Word List (112)

  • A

    active, affect, antennae, ants, aphid, appendage, aquatic, arthropod, attractive

  • B

    balance, bees, beetles, bite, bug, butterfly

  • C

    carrier, category, cercus, cicadas, classification, climate, colony, compound eye

  • D

    damage, development

  • E

    earth, embryonic, entomologist, environment

  • F

    fleas, flies, forewing, frequency, fumigation

  • G

    geography, gnat

  • H

    habitat, harmful, hind-wing

  • I

    immunity, indefatigable, indigenous, industrious, inoculate, insatiable, insecticide, instinct, invertebrate, investigate

  • J

    jointed legs, jungle

  • K

    katydid

  • L

    larvae, lice

  • M

    mandible, metamorphosis, miniscule, motion, movement

  • N

    naiad, nature, nemesis, nocturnal, nymph

  • O

    organ, ovipositor

  • P

    paired limb, pests, phyla, plants, poisonous, pollinate, predator, prey, proboscis, propagation

  • Q

    quarantine quick, quiet

  • R

    regional, repellent, resilient, resistant

  • S

    segmented, seize, shed, specie, speed, spiracle, stealth, strength, subterranean, swarm

  • T

    terrestrial, thorax, thrive, transmit, trap, trepidation, type

  • U

    ubiquitous

  • V

    variety, visibility, vital, vulnerable

  • W

    walking stick, wallow, wildlife, wings, wood wasp

  • X

  • Y

    yellow jacket

  • Z

    zone



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Eagles (144)


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Manatees (102)


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Owls (163)


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Raptors & hawks (173)


Snakes (171)


Tortoises & turtles (161)


Whales (231)




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