Latvian word senses marked with lifeform category "Insects": list

Latvian word senses marked with lifeform category "Insects"

Total 37 word senses

blusa (Noun) flea (various small, wingless bloodsucking parasites of order Siphonaptera, famous for their ability to jump)

circenis (Noun) cricket (insect)

cirmenis (Noun) maggot, grub

dievlūdzējs (Noun) praying mantis

divpunktu mārīte (Noun) a ladybug species (Adalia bipunctata, characterized by having only two dots on its back)

dundurs (Noun) horsefly, gadfly (medium to large flies (family: Tabanidae, especially Tabanus spp.) that suck the blood of mammals)

dzēlējods (Noun) mosquito ((small insects (family: Culicidae, especially those in tropical regions) that bite and suck blood)

egļu mūķene (Noun) nun moth, black-arched moth (Lymantria monacha)

gnīda (Noun) nit (lice eggs)

kamene (Noun) bumblebee

kapracis (Noun) gravedigger, necrophore (any of various species of beetle)

knislis (Noun) blackfly (small insects of the order Diptera (family: Simuliidae) that suck blood and resemble flies)

kukainis (Noun) insect, bug (arthropod with a three-part body, three pairs of legs, sometimes also wings (class: Insecta); less specifically, also other kinds of arthropods, such as spiders)

lapgrauzis (Noun) leaf beetle, leaf-cutting beetle

lapsene (Noun) wasp (many species of stinging flying insects resembling bees)

malārijas ods (Noun) malaria mosquito (of several species of malaria-spreading mosquitoes in genus Anopheles, especially Anopheles gambiae)

miģele (Noun) midge, midget (small insects of the order Diptera (family: Ceratopogonidae) that suck blood and resemble flies)

moskīts (Noun) mosquito (small insects (family: Culicidae, especially those in tropical regions) that bite and suck blood)

muša (Noun) fly (small two-winged insect, belonging to the order Diptera, especially family Muscidae)

mārīte (Noun) ladybug (any member of the family Coccinellidae of beetles)

mēslu muša (Noun) dung fly (flies of the family Scathophagidae)

mēslvabole (Noun) dung beetle (any beetle of the family Geotrupidae)

mūķene (Noun) nun (female member of a monastic or religious order, usually living in a monastery or nunnery)

mūķene (Noun) certain species of moth, especially the nun moth (Lymantria monacha) and the gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar)

ods (Noun) gnat, mosquito (small insects (order: Diptera), especially mosquitos (family: Culicidae) that bite and suck blood)

ozolu mūķene (Noun) gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar)

peri (Noun) bee larvae

skudra (Noun) ant (many species of insects from the family Formicidae, usually forming big colonies)

skudrlauva (Noun) antlion

spāre (Noun) rafter

tauriņš (Noun) butterfly

tauriņš (Noun) bowtie

uts (Noun) louse, lice (many species of small insect parasites, all in the order Psocodea)

vabale (Noun) beetle; alternative form of vabole

vabole (Noun) beetle (any of many insect species (order: Coleoptera) with two hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings)

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