INSECTA Synonyms

• (theater) the space over the stage (out of view of the audience) used to store scenery (drop curtains)

• an irritating or obnoxious person

• any of various small animals or insects that are pests; e.g. cockroaches or rats

• invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin

• general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate

• a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine

• a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly

• insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis

• a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use

• annoy persistently

• tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information

• a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

• a living being

• a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else

• any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping

• a person who crawls or creeps along the ground

• any of various small insectivorous birds of the Northern Hemisphere that climb up a tree trunk supporting themselves on stiff tail feathers and their feet

• a regional term for `creature' (especially for domestic animals)

• small air-breathing arthropod

• a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect

• lacking a backbone or spinal column

• any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification

• a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal

• any epidemic disease with a high death rate

• a persistently annoying person

• any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.

• insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species

• insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species

• insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species