"insect hotel" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: insect hotels [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} insect hotel (plural insect hotels)
  1. A man-made structure created to provide shelter for insects. Wikipedia link: insect hotel Categories (topical): Animal dwellings Synonyms: bug hotel, insect house Related terms: beehive, apiary Translations (man-made structure to house insects): hmyzí hotel [masculine] (Czech), insectenhotel [neuter] (Dutch), putukahotell (Estonian), hyönteishotelli (Finnish), hôtel à insectes [masculine] (French), nichoir à insectes [masculine] (French), Insektenhotel [neuter] (German), Insektenhaus [neuter] (German), Nützlingshotel [Austria, neuter] (German), rovarhotel (Hungarian), rovartanya (Hungarian), bogárhotel (Hungarian), darázsgarázs (Hungarian), hotel dla owadów [masculine] (Polish), domek dla owadów [masculine] (Polish), отель для насекомых (otelʹ dlja nasekomyx) [masculine] (Russian), hotel para insectos [masculine] (Spanish), insektshotell [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-insect_hotel-en-noun-FKNNQ05b Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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