Insect vs Stonechat - What's the difference?
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As nouns the difference between insect and stonechat is that insect is an arthropod in the class insecta, characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton while stonechat is any of various small old world passerine birds of the genus saxicola that feed on insects.
insect English
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Noun
( en noun)
An arthropod in the class Insecta, characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton.
* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= William E. Conner
, title= An Acoustic Arms Race
, volume=101, issue=3, page=206-7, magazine=( American Scientist)
, passage=Nonetheless, some insect prey take advantage of clutter by hiding in it. Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.}}
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(colloquial) Any small arthropod similar to an insect including spiders, centipedes, millipedes, etc
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A contemptible or powerless person.
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Synonyms
* bug (Colloquial 1,2)
See also
* arachnid
* arthropod
* beetle
* bug
* chafer
* coleopter
* entomology
* larva
* worm
External links
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stonechat Noun
( en noun)
Any of various small Old World passerine birds of the genus Saxicola that feed on insects.
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