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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | insect |
| Synonyms: | ant, beetle, cootie, flea, gnat, louse, pest, vermin |
| Notes: | a bug is a particular kind of insect, specifically belonging to the order Hemiptera (tough leathery forewings attached to the body - like ladybugs, beetles) while insects generally belong to the class Insecta, which have bodies in three segments, usually two pairs or wings and three pairs of legs (like bees, mosquitoes); spiders are not technically insects because they have four pairs of legs insect (from Latin animal insectum) literally meant 'divided animal' or 'cut up or into' from the segments of its body (head, thorax, abdomen) - the common word being 'bug'; insect is any of an extremely large group of small invertebrate animals - and most undergo metamorphosis while bug denotes a special group of insects with beaklike sucking mouth parts and partly membranous forewings |
| Main Entry: | restlessness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | constant motion; discontent |
| Synonyms: | activity, agitation, ailment, ants, antsiness, anxiety, bustle, disquiet, disquietude, disturbance, edginess, excitability, ferment, fitfulness, fretfulness, hurry, inconstancy, inquietude, insomnia, instability, jitters, jumpiness, movement, nervousness, restiveness, transience, turbulence, turmoil, uneasiness, unrest, unsettledness, worriedness |
| Antonyms: | calm, contentedness, relaxation, restfulness |
| Main Entry: | vermin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pest |
| Synonyms: | ant, bedbug, centipede, flea, fly, foxes, insect, lice, mice, mosquito, rat, rodent, snake, termite, weasel |
Example Sentences
- Potter noted, however, that more effective and easier-to-use carpenter ant treatments have recently emerged on the market.
- Ant experts have recently been waging a war against all types of species subdivision.
- The ant then drags her booty home to a nest in the rain forest leaf litter composed of only a dozen or so workers and their queen.
| Main Entry: | inquietude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | restlessness |
| Synonyms: | activity, agitation, ailment, ants, antsiness, anxiety, bustle, disquiet, disquietude, disturbance, edginess, excitability, ferment, fitfulness, fretfulness, hurry, inconstancy, insomnia, instability, jitters, jumpiness, movement, nervousness, restiveness, transience, turbulence, turmoil, unease, uneasiness, unrest, unsettledness, worriedness |
| Main Entry: | restiveness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | restlessness |
| Synonyms: | activity, agitation, ailment, ants, antsiness, anxiety, bustle, disquiet, disquietude, disturbance, edginess, excitability, ferment, fitfulness, fretfulness, hurry, inconstancy, inquietude, insomnia, instability, jitters, jumpiness, movement, nervousness, transience, turbulence, turmoil, unease, uneasiness, unrest, unsettledness, worriedness |
| Main Entry: | unease |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | restlessness |
| Synonyms: | activity, agitation, ailment, ants, antsiness, anxiety, bustle, disquiet, disquietude, disturbance, edginess, excitability, ferment, fitfulness, fretfulness, hurry, inconstancy, inquietude, insomnia, instability, jitters, jumpiness, movement, nervousness, restiveness, transience, turbulence, turmoil, uneasiness, unrest, unsettledness, worriedness |
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