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Trad. 蟲
- lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures
- CL:條|条[tiao2],隻|只[zhi1]
- (fig.) person with a particular undesirable characteristic
Trad. 毒蟲
- poisonous insect (or spider etc); venomous snake
- (slang) junkie
Trad. 粘蟲
- army worm (e.g. Mythimna separata or Leucania separata etc, major cereal pests)
Trad. 螟蟲
- boring insect
- snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest
Trad. 吸蟲
- trematoda
- fluke
- trematode worm, approx 6000 species, mostly parasite, incl. on humans
Trad. 潮蟲
- woodlouse (suborder Oniscidea within the order Isopoda)
- a.k.a. roly-poly, pill bug, sow bug etc
Trad. 成蟲
- imago (adult, sexually mature insect, the final stage of its development)
Trad. 蛔蟲
- roundworm; ascarid; (esp.) Ascaris lumbricoides, a human parasite
- (fig.) person who knows what another person is thinking; a mind reader
Trad. 蟲豸
- insect or insect-like small creature (literary)
- base person (used as a curse word)
Trad. 賈第蟲
- Giardia lamblia protozoan parasite that inhabits the gut
Trad. 變形蟲
- amoeba
- (fig.) sb or sth that is highly adaptable or changeable
Trad. 吸蟲綱
- Class Trematoda
- fluke
- trematode worm, a parasite incl. on humans
Trad. 跟屁蟲
- lit. bum beetle
- sb who tags along
- shadow
- sycophant
Trad. 鳥蟲書
- bird writing, a calligraphic style based on seal script 篆書|篆书[zhuan4 shu1], but with characters decorated as birds and insects
Trad. 鍬形蟲
- stag beetle (generic term for the beetles in the family of lucanidae)
Trad. 瞌睡蟲
- mythological insect that makes people doze off
- (fig.) drowsiness
- (coll.) person who loves sleeping
- sleepaholic
Trad. 蛔蟲病
- ascariasis, infection caused by the roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides
Trad. 蟲白蠟
- white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
Trad. 鑽心蟲
- boring insect
- snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest
Trad. 恙蟲病
- (medicine) scrub typhus; bush typhus; tsutsugamushi disease
Trad. 敵百蟲
- trichlorfon (C4H8Cl3O4P), organophosphate insecticide; also called dipterex
Trad. 賈第蟲屬
- Giardia lamblia protozoan parasite that inhabits the gut
Trad. 賈第蟲病
- Giardiasis, a form of gastro-enteritis caused by infection of gut by Giardia lamblia protozoan parasite
Trad. 複殖吸蟲
- digenetic trematode worm (i.e. from Order Digenea 複殖目|复殖目)
Trad. 七星瓢蟲
- seven-spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata)
Trad. 管圓線蟲
- "eel worm", a parasitic worm carrying meningitis
Trad. 扁鍬形蟲
- giant stag beetle (Dorcus titanus)
Trad. 甲殼蟲類
- insects of the order Coleoptera (i.e. beetles)
Trad. 蟠尾絲蟲
- Onchocerca volvulus, the filarial parasite worm causing "river blindness" or onchocerciasis, the second most common cause of blindness in humans
Trad. 冬蟲夏草
- caterpillar fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis) (The fungus grows within the body of a caterpillar, culminating in the emergence of a stalked fruiting body from the caterpillar's head, and is a much-prized and expensive ingredient used as a tonic in traditional Chinese medicine.)
Trad. 精蟲衝腦
- lit. the spermatozoons have gone to his head
- fig. overwhelmed by lust
Trad. 裂體吸蟲
- schistosome, parasitic flatworm causing snail fever (bilharzia or schistosomiasis)
Trad. 雕蟲小技
- insignificant talent
- skill of no high order
- minor accomplishment
Trad. 底棲有孔蟲
- benthic foraminifera
Trad. 惡性瘧原蟲
- plasmodium falciparum (malaria parasite)
Trad. 非洲錐蟲病
- sleeping sickness
- African trypanosomiasis
Trad. 蟠尾絲蟲症
- "river blindness" or onchocerciasis, the second most common cause of blindness in humans, caused by the filarial parasite worm Onchocerca volvulus
Trad. 巴貝氏蟲病
- (medicine) babesiosis
Trad. 病蟲害綠色防控
- green pest prevention and control; environmentally friendly methods of pest control and prevention
Trad. 夏蟲不可以語冰
- a summer insect cannot discuss ice (idiom)
Trad. 茄二十八星瓢蟲
- 28-spotted ladybird
- hadda beetle
- Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata
Trad. 百足之蟲死而不僵
- a centipede dies but never falls down
- old institutions die hard