batman

Its shape being likened to Batman's chest logo.

a spiny orb-weaver; a common name of the spiders in the genus Gasteracantha


boxer

an unqualified spider in spider fighting, a male with glove-like palps, instead used as a feed


tanga

From Hokkien 蟲仔 /虫仔 (thâng-á, “little vermin/insect, bug, snake,animal”).


kato

Alternative form of kadto (“that away from us”)


helikopter

Borrowed from English helicopter, borrowed from French hélicoptère, from Ancient Greek ἕλιξ (hélix, “spiral”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).
Sense "dragonfly", after its resemblance to the vehicle.


langaw

From Proto-Philippine *laŋaw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laŋaw.

for something to be plagued or swarmed by flies


kuto

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu, from Proto-Austronesian *kuCu.

parasite, especially mites, lice, ticks and fleas


kaka

a spider; any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs to catch prey


alimango

Scylla serrata
Scylla serrata#Translingual


palata

Barbodes palata; a cyprinid fish endemic to Lake Lanao in the Philippines


amigas

Borrowed from Spanish hormigas, plural of hormiga.


lukot

the egg string of the wedge sea hare (Dolabella auricularia) used as food


bahay

the brown sailor spider (Neoscona nautica)


alibangbang

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baŋbaŋ (compare with Ilocano kulibangbang, Coastal Kadazan kohibambang plus Brunei Malay kulimambang and kalimambang) from Proto-Austronesian *baŋbaŋ (compare with Amis adipangpang).

inh+

orchid tree, and their leaves whose sap is used as a souring agent

orchid tree (Bauhinia purpurea, syn. Phanera purpurea)

yellow bell orchid tree (Bauhinia tomentosa); Saint Thomas tree

Malabar orchid tree (Piliostigma malabaricum); Malabar bauhinia


labod

a millipede; any member of the class Diplopoda


dawat

the mangrove swimming crab (Thalamita crenata)


sisi

a barnacle; a crustacean in the subclass Cirripedia


gisa

Borrowed from Spanish guisar (“to stew”).


pulgas

From Spanish pulgas, plural of pulga, from Vulgar Latin *pulīca, from Latin pūlex, from Proto-Indo-European *plúsis (compare Sanskrit प्लुषि (plúṣi)).


bulik

the western king prawn (Melicertus latisulcatus)


timos

a cricket; an insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs


lusa

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lisehaq, from Proto-Austronesian *liseqeS. Compare Tagalog lisa.


lukton

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *luk(e)tún (“young locust”).


spiderman

The spider is likened to Spider-Man's chest emblem.

an orb-weaver spider in the genus Argiope


black knight

(slang) a dark-colored undetermined species of spider used in spider fighting


ulang

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qudaŋ, compare Malay udang.

the giant freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii)


mangla

the scorpion mood cloop (Thalassina anomala)


holmigas

Borrowed from Spanish hormiga, hormigas.


kuting

Ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutiŋ. Compare Bikol Central & Tagalog kuting, Indonesian & Malay kucing.


dugho

a bedbug; a small nocturnal insect of the family Cimicidae that feed on the blood of humans and other warm-blooded hosts


baboybaboy

a woodlouse; any of the terrestrial isopod crustaceans of suborder Oniscidea, which have a rigid, segmented exoskeleton, often being capable of rolling into a ball, and feed only on dead plant matter, usually living in damp, dark places, such as under stones or bark


hipon

a condiment paste made of fermented or salted krill


lamok

From Proto-Philippine *lamuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ñamuk,*lamuk.


sulom

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *səjəm. Compare Gorontalo tolomo and Tausug sanam.


bakukang

Compare Maranao bakokang (“housefly larva; fishworm”).


indayinday

a stinkbug; a common name applied to various insects of the Hemiptera order (the "true bugs"), in the Heteroptera suborder, principally in the superfamilies Pentatomoidea and Coreoidea


ulod

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulej, compare Tagalog uod, Chamorro ulo', Javanese uler, Maori iro, Malay ulat.


ipos

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *ipəs, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ipəs, from Proto-Austronesian *Sipəs. Cognate with Ilocano ipes and Tagalog ipis.


buktot

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *beketut.


alindanaw

[ʔɐ.l̪ɪn̪ˈd̪a.n̪ɐʊ̯]


trentren

(childish) a millipede; any member of the class Diplopoda


uhipan

a centipede; any member of the class Chilopoda


bagabaga

a pinecone soldierfish (Myripristis murdjan)


amamangloy

a katydid; any member of the family Tettigoniidae


umang

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qumaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *qumaŋ. Cognate with Tiruray kumang, Marshallese om̧, Palauan chum.

(idiomatic) a person who habitually wears other people's footwear without permission


tapaytapay

a huntsman spider; any member of the family Sparassidae


baobao

Reduplication of bao (“tortoise, turtle”), the shape of the biscuit resembling half of a turtle's shell.

reduplication

a semicircle biscuit with a candied coconut meat filling

a spotted tortoise beetle (Aspidimorpha miliaris); a widespread Asian species of beetles

(by extension) a tortoise beetle, a small beetle in the subfamily Cassidinae

(by extension) a ladybug or ladybird beetle; a small beetle in the family Coccinellidae


anunugba

a moth; a usually nocturnal insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from butterflies by feather-like antennae


dugosdugos

a woolly aphid; any member of the subfamily Eriosomatinae


dulon

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *dudun (cf. Bikol Central duron, Ilocano dudon).

a locust; any of the grasshoppers, usually swarming, in the family Acrididae


ungkog

Cucumis sativus
Cucumis sativus#Translingual

a vine in the gourd family, Cucumis sativus


agukoy

a fiddler crab; any of approximately 100 species of semi-terrestrial marine crabs which make up the genus Uca


mestisa

Borrowed from Spanish mestiza, feminine form of mestizo.


hakot

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hakut, from Proto-Austronesian *SakuC.

a harvester ant; an ant belonging to any of a number of species which gather and store plant material (usually seeds) for food


piyo

a small freshwater crab found in the mountains of Cebu


tugho

a bedbug; a small nocturnal insect of the family Cimicidae that feed on the blood of humans and other warm-blooded hosts


marka tuldok

an undetermined species of spider, with a large dot marking above the abdomen, used in spider fighting


maismais

Reduplication of mais (“corn”). Named for having a similar color to dried yellow corn husks.

an undetermined species of spider, having a yellowish color, used in spider fighting


red devil

an undetermined species of spider, reddish in color, used in spider fighting


kumong

(of a spider) to limp; to walk lamely due to injury


marka uno

an undetermined species of spider, with a single vertical line on its back, used in spider fighting


marka bungo

an undetermined species of spider, with a marking likened to a skull, used in spider fighting


kiyodkiyod

Reduplication of kiyod (“to hump”). Named after its violent web shaking.

the longbodied cellar spider (Pholcus phalangioides); a spider known to shake its web violently when disturb as a defense mechanism against predators


sabong sa kaka

a blood sport involving spiders; spider fighting; spider derby


kingking

crab spider; any species of the family Thomisidae


martsa

From Spanish marcha, from marchar, from French marcher, from Middle French, from Old French marchier, from Frankish *markōn, from Proto-Germanic, from Proto-Indo-European *merg-, *marǵ- (“edge, boundary, border”).
Noun sense 2, after its supposed manner of walking.

undetermined species of spider, supposedly walks with a march-like gait, used in spider fighting


marka sero

Ring marking on the spider likened to a zero.

an undetermined species of spider, with a ring marking above the abdomen, used in spider fighting


wantotre

Named after its supposed manner of walking.

an undetermined species of spider, with a gait supposedly three steps and halt, used in spider fighting


pansat

Penaeus monodon
Penaeus monodon#Translingual


bukto

a pea crab; any member of the family Pinnotheridae


bukbok

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukbuk (“weevil that infests bamboo, wood and rice”).


sapayan

to consider; to mind; to concern oneself with, to pay attention to


banayaw

a scorpion; any of various arachnids of the order Scorpiones, related to the spiders, characterised by two large front pincers and a curved tail with a poisonous sting in the end


kagang

any mud crab of several species:
giant mud crab (Scylla serrata)

any mud crab of several species:
purple mud crab (Scylla tranquebarica)

any mud crab of several species:
orange mud crab (Scylla olivacea)


lambay

Portunus pelagicus
Portunus pelagicus#Translingual

the blue swimmer crab (Portunus armatus, formerly included in Portunus pelagicus)


kagang bugtong

Zosimus aeneus; a species of crab that lives on coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific from East Africa to Hawaii


kalintugas

the mosaic reef crab (Lophozozymus pictor); known to be one of the most poisonous crabs in the world


pitikpitik

the Japanese fan lobster (Ibacus ciliatus)


banagan

the painted rock lobster (Panulirus versicolor)


manla

the scorpion mood cloop (Thalassina anomala)


putian

longnose trevally (Carangoides chrysophrys)


kantugas

the ridged swimming crab (Charybdis natator)


lunhan

the Indian prawn (Fenneropenaeus indicus)


kalampay

the river swimming crab (Varuna litterata)


krusan

→ English: cruzan crab


uyap

any of several tiny shrimps in the genus Acetes:

the tsivakihini paste shrimp (Acetes erythraeus)

the Taiwan mauxia shrimp (Acetes intermedius)


alagukoy

the horned ghost crab (Ocypode ceratophthalmus)

the smooth-handed ghost crab (Ocypode cordimana)


bagolan

the brown rough shrimp (Trachysalambria malaiana, syn.Trachysalambria fulva)


anlilitik

a mantis shrimp; a marine crustacean of the order Stomatopoda, with powerful claws and a carapace which covers only the rear part of the head and part of the thorax


alimasag

[ʔɐ.l̪ɪˈma.s̪ɐɡ]


kurosan

a hammerhead shark; any of various sharks of the genus Sphyrna or Zygaena having the eyes set on projections from the sides of the head, which gives it a hammer shape


hantatalo

a caterpillar; the larva of a butterfly or moth


dundon

a locust; any of the grasshoppers, usually swarming, in the family Acrididae


dulondulon

Reduplication of dulon, originally referring to the swarm.


kamuntaha

the Philippine mantis shrimp (Gonodactylaceus falcatus, syn. Gonodactylus aloha)


mantaha

harlequin mantis shrimp
harlequin mantis shrimp

harlequin mantis shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus)


amimiltik

the robber mantis shrimp (Harpiosquilla harpax)


day-a

a crabhole or a burrow created by other crustaceans


kiyot

Tetragonula biroi; a species of stingless bee


putyukan

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *patiukan (“kind of honeybee”). Compare Pangasinan potiokan, Kapampangan pukiutan / putiukan, Tagalog pukyutan, Asi pudyukan, Romblomanon putyūkan, Bikol Central putyokan, Western Bukidnon Manobo petiyukan, Tausug pussukan, Sangil patiukang, Sangir katiupang, Mongondow pasukan, and Central Dusun potiukan.


simbasimba

Reduplication of simba (“to go to church”).