biting insect

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biting
adjective
uk
/ˈbaɪ.tɪŋ/us
/ˈbaɪ.t̬ɪŋ/
used to describe weather that is extremely cold, especially when it causes you ...
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insect
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɪn.sekt/us
/ˈɪn.sekt/
a type of very small animal with six legs, a body divided into three parts and usually two pairs of wings, or, more generally, any similar very ...
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The bay is often thought by locals to have been named for a smallbitinginsectknown as the sandfly, but this is incorrect.
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Biting insects can be bothersome during warm weather.
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In addition, some mammals and biting insects avoid fire and smoke.
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Threadworms can be transmitted by biting insects such as ticks and mosquitoes.
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It has been suggested that this behavior is employed by the animals in order to avoid biting insects.
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Settlers encountered rodents, skinks, and biting insects, and faced dangers from mosquitoes, poisonous snakes and alligators.
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This is the typical response for all biting insects and many people have this common reaction to one extreme or another.
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Stinging insects inject venom into their victims, whilst biting insects normally introduce anti-coagulants into their victims.
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Many greased their bodies with alligator oil to ward off mosquitoes and other biting insects.
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Mosquitos and other biting insects are rare on the island.
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They can be placed on sunloungers and used to prevent annoyances from moist grass and biting insects.
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It is spread by biting insects.
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Typically, insects which generate allergic responses are either stinging insects (wasps, bees, hornets and ants) or biting insects (mosquitoes, ticks).
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Biting insects, black bears and alligators make the swamp their home.
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In addition, thin screens may be placed over stable doors and windows to exclude biting insects.
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The first is spread by biting insects (especially mosquitoes) and wound contamination and causes lesions on the comb, wattles, and beak.
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The interrogators had the arrestees stripped bare, bound their hands and feet, smeared them with honey, and left suffering under the scorching sun and biting insects.
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Fly and mosquito protection is an important part of overall horse care, as biting insects are both a source of irritation and also may transmit disease.
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The summer ranges of bison appear to be influenced by seasonal vegetation changes, interspersion and size of foraging sites, the rut and the number of biting insects.
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If the tent will be used where mosquitoes, gnats and other biting insects are expected, it should have all window, vent and door openings covered with fine-mesh no-see-um netting.
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