Read full poem →So have I known those insects fair,
(Which curious Germans hold so rare)
Dictionary Entry
An arthropod in the class Insecta, characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton.
In a Sentence
“Our shed has several insect infestions, including ants, yellowjackets, and wasps.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. insectsinsects many
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Poetry examples for “insects”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →And there was a grey museum
Full of dead birds and dead insects and dead animals
And a few relics of the Romans--dead also.
Read full poem →Soon they die, the flowers;
Insects live a day;
Clouds dissolve in showers;
Read full poem →That way; as if I were the last of men
And he the first of insects to have earth
And sun together and to know their worth.
Read full poem →such small animals as the mouse, and the insects that
Read full poem →persons find their food in the gum of trees, and the
smallest insects find their food in the earth.”
Read full poem →And there was a grey museum
Full of dead birds and dead insects and dead animals
And a few relics of the Romans--dead also.
Read full poem →Motionless the sleeping shadows:
Insects glistened in the sunshine,
Insects skated on the water
Read full poem →Motionless the sleeping shadows:
Insects glistened in the sunshine,
Insects skated on the water,
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