(insect etc)
21Sharpshooter (insect) — Taxobox name = Sharpshooter image size = 300px image caption = Sharpshooter (Cicadellidae) regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Hemiptera familia = Cicadellidae subfamilia = Cicadellinae tribus = Proconiini subdivision… …
22lay — lay1 W2S1 [leı] v the past tense of ↑lie 1 lay 2 lay2 v past tense and past participle laid [leıd] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(put somebody/something down)¦ 2 lay bricks/carpet/concrete/cables etc 3¦(bird/insect etc)¦ 4¦(table)¦ 5 lay the foundations/ …
23hatch — hatch1 [hætʃ] v [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: Origin unknown] 1.) also hatch out [I and T] if an egg hatches, or if it is hatched, it breaks, letting the young bird, insect etc come out ▪ The eggs take three days to hatch. 2.) also hatch out [I and… …
24egg — egg1 W2S1 [eg] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(bird)¦ 2¦(food)¦ 3¦(egg shape)¦ 4¦(animals/people)¦ 5 (have) egg on your face 6 put all your eggs in one basket 7 lay an egg 8 good egg ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1300 1400; : Old Nors] …
25hatch — 1 verb 1 also hatch out (I, T) if an egg hatches or is hatched, it breaks, letting the young bird, insect etc come out: The eggs take three days to hatch. 2 also hatch out (I, T) if a young bird, insect etc hatches or is hatched, it comes out of… …
26lay — 1 /leI/ verb the past tense of lie 1 2 verb past tense and past participle laid 1 PUT SB/STH DOWN (transitive always + adv/prep) to put someone or something down carefully into a flat position: lay sth in/on/under etc: Laying my coat carefully on …
27sting — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 of an insect, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ nasty, painful, sharp ▪ bee, scorpion, wasp, etc. ▪ nettle …
28egg — 1 /eg/ noun 1 BIRDS (C) a round object with a hard surface, that contains a baby bird, snake, insect etc and which is made by a female bird, snake, or insect: Blackbirds usually lay their eggs in March. | an ostrich egg 2 FOOD (C, U) an egg,… …
29hatch — I UK [hætʃ] / US verb Word forms hatch : present tense I/you/we/they hatch he/she/it hatches present participle hatching past tense hatched past participle hatched 1) a) hatch or hatch out [intransitive/transitive] if a baby bird, fish, insect… …
30cast — [kast, käst] vt. cast, casting [ME casten < ON kasta, to throw] 1. a) to put, deposit, or throw with force or violence; fling; hurl b) to give vent to as if by throwing [to cast aspersions] 2. to deposit (a ballot); register (a vote) …
