The earwig gave Jock a scare - he was afraid of insects.
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Earwig
//ˈɪə(ɹ)wɪɡ//
Synonyms for "earwig" (5 found)
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Closest matches (1)
Strong matches (2)
Related words (2)
Noun(2 words)
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85 translations across 57 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- أَبُو مِقَصّ noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
1 entries- ܩܸܪܨܘܿ noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- qulağagirən noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
- qısqac noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
Bulgarian
2 entries- щипалка noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
- нашепвам verb (To fill the mind of with prejudice by insinuations)
Catalan
2 entries- papaorelles noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
- tisoreta noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎦᎴᎾᎩ noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 蠼螋 noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
Czech
1 entries- škvor noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
Danish
1 entries- ørentvist noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
Dutch
1 entries- oorworm noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
Esperanto
1 entries- forfikulo noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
Estonian
1 entries- kõrvahark noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
Farefare
1 entries- baga noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
Faroese
1 entries- tvísterta noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
Finnish
1 entries- pihtihäntäinen noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
French
2 entries- forficule noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
- perce-oreille noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
Galician
4 entries- cadela de frade noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
- cadela faldrexa noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
- forcadela noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
- rapacarallas noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
Georgian
1 entries- ყურბელა noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
German
3 entries- Ohrenkriecher noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
- Ohrkneifer noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
- Ohrwurm noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
Hungarian
1 entries- fülbemászó noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
Irish
1 entries- gailseach noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
Italian
2 entries- forfecchia noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
- forficula noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
Japanese
2 entries- 蠼螋 noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
- 鋏虫 noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
Korean
1 entries- 집게벌레 noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
Latvian
1 entries- spīļaste noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Ouereschlëffer noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
Manx
1 entries- gollage noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
Middle English
2 entries- erwig noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
- erwigge noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
Middle High German
1 entries- ôrenwützel noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
Mongolian
1 entries- чихүүр хорхой noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
Moore
2 entries- ka-nanga noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
- kara-nanga noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
Māori
2 entries- hiore kakati noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
- matā noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
Navajo
1 entries- jeeʼiighááh noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
Norman
1 entries- pèrche-ouothelle noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
Norwegian
1 entries- saksedyr noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
Old Czech
1 entries- škvoř noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
Old English
1 entries- ēarwiċġa noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- قولاغه قاچان noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
Polish
4 entries- cęgosz noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
- skorek noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
- szczypawica noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
- szczypawka noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
Portuguese
4 entries- bicha-cadela noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
- lacrainha noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
- rapino noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
- tesourinha noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
Rapa Nui
1 entries- ŋarara noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
Romanian
1 entries- urechelniță noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
Russian
1 entries- уховёртка noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
Scots
1 entries- hornie-gollach noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- fiolan-cluaise noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- strižavka noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
- uholaža noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
Slovak
1 entries- ucholak noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
Slovene
1 entries- strigalica noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
Spanish
1 entries- tijereta noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
Swedish
1 entries- tvestjärt noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
Thai
1 entries- แมงคาเรือง noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
Turkish
1 entries- kulağakaçan noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
Ukrainian
2 entries- вухове́ртка noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
- щи́павка noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
Vietnamese
1 entries- sâu tai noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
Welsh
4 entries- chwilen glust noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
- chwilod clust noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
- pryf clust noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
- pryf clustiau noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
West-Frisian
1 entries- foarkestekker noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
Zulu
1 entries- umkhothane noun (insect of the order Dermaptera)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
"That's a fine young fellow," said the historiographer of earwigs, to an American who stood next him in the crowd.
Source: wiktionary
The idea was probably strengthened by the earwig′s appearance, with a sharp, pincer-like appendage extending to the rear. However, earwigs are herbivores, and they are no more likely to enter an ear than are ants, bees, flies, or any other small insect. Even when earwigs do occasionally find their way into human ears, they cannot burrow their way through the skin and into the brain.
Source: wiktionary
2002, Maurice Burton, Robert Burton, Nuthatch, entry in International Wildlife Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition, page 1762, Nuthatches search the crevices of bark at other times during the year for insects, including beetles, earwigs, flies and bugs, and they open galls (swellings in plants) to extract grubs.
Source: wiktionary
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