Insects

Member senses (4)

• ἀκρίςgrasshopper, locust
  Sense details

  six-legged winged insect characterized by the fact that its third pair of legs is elongated and adapted to hopping; Acrididae family; moves in swarms that migrate to new areas, which they colonize; at other times lives solitary or in small groups; eaten cooked by toasting, grilling, frying, or broiling, though in some places they are also eaten raw; because of their large numbers and swarming characteristics, locusts were a symbol of a vast attacking army against which there was no defense and also a symbol of divine punishment

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• κώνωψgnat, mosquito
  Sense details

  small flying insect; feeds on human or animal blood; regarded as pest

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• μελίσσιοςof bees
  Sense details

  (derivative of μέλισσα ‘bee,’ not occurring in the NT) pertaining to bees

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• σήςmoth
  Sense details

  smallish brown or gray moth that lays eggs in clothing or other cloth; eggs hatch into very small caterpillars, which feed on the fibers; Tineidae family, probably Tineola biselliella; symbols of decay, ruin, and slow destruction

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