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Meanings of flying insect in English
Subclass of insects.
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Examples for "pterygota"
Examples for "pterygota"
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A winged insect suddenly landed on the shoulder of Rachel's wedding dress.
2
A certain winged insect graces the wheel caps of the Black Beauty.
3
But mosquitoes and many other winged insect pests swarm over it.
4
Terrifically large, he moved with the lightness of a winged insect.
5
After sojourning for a time in the cuckoo-spit, the frog-hopper becomes a winged insect.
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The bird was feeding on winged insects that lived in the bark.
2
Some scientists consider it a forerunner of nearly all winged insects.
3
Creatures like winged insects and peacocks use chemistry to produce color for various reasons.
4
Rudiments of two hinder wings are seen in the class Diptera, or two- winged insects
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On and on we rode, but still the mighty mass of winged insects advanced.
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Well, until the giant flying insects showed up to stake their claim.
2
This is also how you detect and localize your prey: tiny flying insects.
3
The air was alight with flying insects, myriads of buzzing wings.
4
My eyes and skin itched from pollen, dust, and flying insects.
5
The birds who, while on the wing, catch flying insects.
Usage of flying insect in English
1
Again, like a flying insect, zipping to the side and back with ease.
2
A single flying insect landed on the face of his suit.
3
Something buzzed in his ear like a flying insect.
4
Suddenly I slap into an invisible wall, the flying insect caught in a swiftly closing palm.
5
The Hawk moth (Sphinx) is the world's fastest flying insect attaining speeds of over 50kph.
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The scientists believe the flying insect is fooled into thinking the nectar contains more sugar than it actually does.
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What is this flying insect?
8
There shot into view overhead, and flying low, an aeroplane that looked like a huge flying insect-anenormous armored grasshopper.
9
For example, the chameleon relies on this method to pinpoint the location of a flying insect and snap its tongue to that exact spot.
10
He is, I would go so far as to say, the entire set of erogenous zones of every major flying insect of the Western world.
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Flying insects swarmed around my face and whined in my ears, and creepers grabbed my ankles.
12
Flying insects of every kind are equally drawn to the plant; and directly they taste the fluid, they act very curiously.
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Translations for flying insect
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