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cone-nosed bug |
Noun
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large bloodsucking bug |
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conenose bug |
Noun
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large bloodsucking bug |
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cotton stainer |
Noun
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a true bug: bug that damages and stains the lint of developing cotton |
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citrus whitefly |
Noun
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whitefly that attacks citrus trees |
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common booklouse |
Noun
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a variety of booklouse |
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cotton strain |
Noun
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feeds primarily on cotton |
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coccid insect |
Noun
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scale insects and mealybugs |
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clothes moth |
Noun
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any of several small yellowish or buff-colored moths whose larvae eat organic matter e.g. woolens |
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caddisworm |
Noun
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larva of the caddis fly |
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casemaking clothes moth |
Noun
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the larvae live in tubes of its food material fastened with silk that it spins |
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codling moth |
Noun
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a small grey moth whose larvae live in apples and English walnuts |
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comma |
Noun
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anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing |
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comma |
Noun
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a punctuation mark (,) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence |
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codlin moth |
Noun
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a small grey moth whose larvae live in apples and English walnuts |
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comma butterfly |
Noun
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anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing |
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carpet moth |
Noun
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larvae feed on carpets and other woolens |
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cankerworm |
Noun
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green caterpillar of a geometrid moth |
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cabbage butterfly |
Noun
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white butterfly whose larvae (cabbageworms) feed on cabbage |
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common European earwig |
Noun
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sometimes destructive to cultivated bulbs |
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corn borer |
Noun
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native to Europe |
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corn borer |
Noun
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larva of the European corn borer moth |
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copper |
Noun
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any of various small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae having coppery wings |
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copper |
Noun
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a reddish-brown color resembling the color of polished copper |
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copper |
Noun
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uncomplimentary terms for a policeman |
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copper |
Noun
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a copper penny |
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copper |
Noun
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a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element |
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copper |
Verb
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to coat with a layer of copper |
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corn borer moth |
Noun
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native to Europe |
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cacao moth |
Noun
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small moth whose larvae feed on tobacco and other dried plant products |
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caddis fly |
Noun
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small moth-like insect having two pairs of hairy membranous wings and aquatic larvae |
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caddis-fly |
Noun
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small moth-like insect having two pairs of hairy membranous wings and aquatic larvae |
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caddice fly |
Noun
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small moth-like insect having two pairs of hairy membranous wings and aquatic larvae |
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caddice-fly |
Noun
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small moth-like insect having two pairs of hairy membranous wings and aquatic larvae |
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caseworm |
Noun
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insect larva that constructs a protective case around its body |
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cottontail |
Noun
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common small rabbit of North America having greyish or brownish fur and a tail with a white underside |
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cottontail rabbit |
Noun
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common small rabbit of North America having greyish or brownish fur and a tail with a white underside |
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canecutter |
Noun
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a wood rabbit of southeastern United States swamps and lowlands |
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caterpillar |
Noun
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a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth |
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corn earworm |
Noun
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larva of a noctuid moth |
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cotton bollworm |
Noun
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larva of a noctuid moth |
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cabbageworm |
Noun
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toxic green larva of a cabbage butterfly |
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cecropia |
Noun
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North American silkworm moth |
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cecropia moth |
Noun
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North American silkworm moth |
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cutworm |
Noun
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North American moth whose larvae feed on young plant stems cutting them off at the ground |
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cynthia moth |
Noun
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large Asiatic moth introduced into the United States |
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chrysalis |
Noun
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pupa of a moth or butterfly enclosed in a cocoon |
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cocoon |
Noun
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silky envelope spun by the larvae of many insects to protect pupas and by spiders to protect eggs |
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cocoon |
Verb
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to wrap in or as if in a cocoon, as for protection |
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cocoon |
Verb
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to retreat as if into a cocoon, as from an unfriendly environment |
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comatulid |
Noun
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free-swimming stalkless crinoid with ten feathery arms |