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adroit, affliction, appetite, deft, diurnal, elusive, entomologist , exoskelton, harbinger, indefatigable, innocuous, insatiable, mandible, perennial, persist, plethora, pollinate, proboscis, skittish, sting, swarm, trepidation
Six of these words are in the sentences below."Ant-related" Words
arachnid, aggressive, exterminator, extinguish, indestructible, industrious, ineradicable, insecticide, miniscule, nemesis, omnipresent, oust, peregrination, porous, quarantine, rampant, repellent, rife, subterranean, ubiquitous, undesirable, voluminous
Six of these words are in the sentences below."Butterfly-related" Words
antenna, anthropomorphic, centipede, culprit, devour, embryonic, epidemic, herbivore, indigenous, intervene, iridescent, larvae, luminous, metamorphosis, microbe, nocturnal, nymph, parasite, primeval, prolific, ravish, swamp
Six of these words are in the sentences below."Insect" Words inSentences:
1 entomologist
The brave ENTOMOLOGIST lived in the most remote section of an Everglade swamp to study the rarest beetles and their habits.2 proboscis
Everyone knows that an elephant's long trunk, also called a PROBOSCIS, can spray water on the crowd.3 trepidation
Julie's TREPIDATION showed when her hands trembled and her knees knocked together while holding the huge python far away from her body.4 indefatigable
The INDEFATIGABLE beavers worked on their dam for hours without rest.5 insatiable
My uncle has an INSATIABLE appetite for candy corn which he eats by the handful every hour!6 pollinate
Is it true that after bees POLLINATE a flower, they are able to make honey in the beehive?7 quarantine
The contagious infection was so severe that the entire household was put under QUARANTINE and confined strictly to the upstairs bedrooms.8 subterranean
SUBTERRANEAN termites eat so much wood fiber that, if their activities are not restricted, the structure of the whole house may be weakened.9 insecticide
Fortunately, the mild INSECTICIDE sprayed on the peaches did not affect either the flavor or the safety of our eating the fruit.10 industrious
My son is so INDUSTRIOUS that he not only tapes but recopies all notes from the lecture classes to ensure he's prepared for the final exam.11 ubiquitous
The UBIQUITOUS ants scurried on every surface of the newly formed ant hill.12 nemesis
Delicious chocolate cake with mounds of fudge frosting is the weightwatcher's NEMESIS since one serving is never enough!13 metamorphosis
My sister loves to watch the METAMORPHOSIS of a caterpillar as a beautiful butterfly emerges from the silky cocoon.14 iridescent
The IRIDESCENT shades of a peacock's wet feather shimmer in hues of green, blue, purple and red.15 indigenous
Generally, fast-food restaurants are INDIGENOUS to the USA where they first began.16 nocturnal
The horned owl is a NOCTURNAL animal who hunts for his prey only after dark.17 embryonic
Julie's plans for her new house are still fairly EMBRYONIC since she has only made a pencil sketch on her checkbook stub.18 larvae
The LARVAE deposited on the slim leaf were defenseless against most predators due to their lack of camouflage.
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