昆蟲
ㄎㄨㄣ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
“insect; a general term for bugs and insects.”
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- 幼蟲ㄧㄡˋ ㄔㄨㄥˊ(entomology) larva; the early developmental stage of an insect or other invertebrate, before metamorphosis.
- 螢火蟲ㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄔㄨㄥˊfirefly; glowworm; lightning bug; small flying beetle whose abdomen glows at night; beneficial to agriculture by eating pests
- 昆明ㄎㄨㄣ ㄇㄧㄥˊcapital city of Yunnan Province in southwestern China; a major urban center in mainland China
- 蟲子insect; bug; worm; a person who profits from something
- 病蟲害ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄏㄞˋplant diseases and insect pests; combined term for crop diseases and insect damage
- 成蟲ㄔㄥˊ ㄔㄨㄥˊadult insect; mature insect that has completed metamorphosis and can reproduce
- 毛毛蟲ㄇㄠˊ ˙ㄇㄠ ㄔㄨㄥˊcaterpillar; hairy insect larva
- 昆山ㄎㄨㄣ ㄕㄢKunshan, a county-level city in Jiangsu province, China
- 蚊蟲ㄨㄣˊ ㄔㄨㄥˊmosquitoes and similar small flying insects; insect pests that bite
- 吳茂昆ㄨˊ ㄇㄠˋ ㄎㄨㄣTaiwanese physicist; former minister of education; noted superconductivity researcher
- 甲蟲ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄔㄨㄥˊbeetle; general term for insects of the order Coleoptera, having hardened front wings that cover the membranous hind wings and abdomen
- 寄生蟲ㄐㄧˋ ㄕㄥ ㄔㄨㄥˊparasite (worm or other organism living on or in a host); figuratively, a person who lives off others without contributing