Two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals.
Roget 366:
animal,
animal kingdom;
fauna;
brute creation.
beast,
brute,
creature,
critter [U.S.];
wight,
created being;
creeping thing,
living thing;
dumb animal,
dumb creature;
zoophyte.
[major divisions of animals]
mammal,
bird,
reptile,
amphibian,
fish,
crustacean,
shellfish,
mollusk,
worm,
insect,
arthropod,
microbe.
[microscopic animals]
microbe,
animalcule
etc.
193.
[reptiles]
alligator,
crocodile;
saurian;
dinosaur
(extinct);
snake,
serpent,
viper,
eft;
asp,
aspick†.
[amphibians]
frog,
toad.
[fishes]
trout,
bass,
tuna,
muskelunge,
sailfish,
sardine,
mackerel.
[insects]
ant,
mosquito,
bee,
honeybee.
[arthropods]
tardigrade,
spider.
[classification by number of feet]
biped,
quadruped;
[web-footed animal]
webfoot.
flocks and herds,
live stock;
domestic animals,
wild animals;
game,
ferae naturae [Lat.];
beasts of the field,
fowls of the air,
denizens of the sea;
black game,
black grouse;
blackcock†,
duck,
grouse,
plover,
rail,
snipe.
[domesticated mammals]
horse
etc.
(beast of burden)
271;
cattle,
kine†,
ox;
bull,
bullock;
cow,
milch cow,
calf,
heifer,
shorthorn;
sheep;
lamb,
lambkin†;
ewe,
ram,
tup;
pig,
swine,
boar,
hog,
sow;
steer,
stot†;
tag,
teg†;
bison,
buffalo,
yak,
zebu,
dog,
cat.
[dogs]
dog,
hound;
pup,
puppy;
whelp,
cur,
mongrel;
house dog,
watch dog,
sheep dog,
shepherd's dog,
sporting dog,
fancy dog,
lap dog,
toy dog,
bull dog,
badger dog;
mastiff;
blood hound,
grey hound,
stag hound,
deer hound,
fox hound,
otter hound;
harrier,
beagle,
spaniel,
pointer,
setter,
retriever;
Newfoundland;
water dog,
water spaniel;
pug,
poodle;
turnspit;
terrier;
fox terrier,
Skye terrier;
Dandie Dinmont;
collie.
[cats--generally]
feline,
puss,
pussy;
grimalkin†;
gib cat,
tom cat.
[wild mammals]
fox,
Reynard,
vixen,
stag,
deer,
hart,
buck,
doe,
roe;
caribou,
coyote,
elk,
moose,
musk ox,
sambar†.
[birds]
bird;
poultry,
fowl,
cock,
hen,
chicken,
chanticleer,
partlet†,
rooster,
dunghill cock,
barn door fowl;
feathered tribes,
feathered songster;
singing bird,
dicky bird;
canary,
warbler;
finch;
aberdevine†,
cushat†,
cygnet,
ringdove†,
siskin,
swan,
wood pigeon.
[undesirable animals]
vermin,
varmint [U.S.],
pest.
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Roget 409:
sibilance,
sibilation;
zip;
hiss
etc.
v.;
sternutation;
high note
etc.
410.
[animals that hiss]
goose,
serpent,
snake
(animal sounds)
412.
[animals that buzz]
insect,
bug;
bee,
mosquito,
wasp,
fly.
[inanimate things that hiss]
tea kettle,
pressure cooker;
air valve,
pressure release valve,
safety valve,
tires,
air escaping from tires,
punctured tire;
escaping steam,
steam,
steam radiator,
steam release valve.
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Roget 913:
evil doer,
evil worker;
wrongdoer
etc.
949;
mischief-maker,
marplot;
oppressor,
tyrant;
destroyer,
Vandal;
iconoclast†.
firebrand,
incendiary,
fire bug [U.S.],
pyromaniac;
anarchist,
communist†,
terrorist.
savage,
brute,
ruffian,
barbarian,
semibarbarian†,
caitiff,
desperado;
Apache†,
hoodlum,
hood,
plug-ugly [U.S.],
Red Skin,
tough [U.S.];
Mohawk,
Mo-hock,
Mo-hawk;
bludgeon man,
bully,
rough,
hooligan,
larrikin†,
dangerous classes,
ugly customer;
thief
etc.
792.
cockatrice,
scorpion,
hornet.
snake,
viper,
adder,
snake in the grass;
serpent,
cobra,
asp,
rattlesnake,
anaconda†.
canker-worm,
wire-worm;
locust,
Colorado beetle;
alacran†,
alligator,
caymon†,
crocodile,
mosquito,
mugger,
octopus;
torpedo;
bane
etc.
663.
cutthroat
etc.
(killer)
461.
cannibal;
anthropophagus†,
anthropophagist†;
bloodsucker,
vampire,
ogre,
ghoul,
gorilla,
vulture;
gyrfalcon†,
gerfalcon†.
wild beast,
tiger,
hyena,
butcher,
hangman;
blood-hound,
hell-hound,
sleuth-hound;
catamount [U.S.],
cougar,
jaguar,
puma.
hag,
hellhag†,
beldam,
Jezebel.
monster;
fiend
etc.
(demon)
980;
devil incarnate,
demon in human shape;
Frankenstein's monster.
harpy,
siren;
Furies,
Eumenides.
Hun,
Attila†,
scourge of the human race.
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Dutch: mug
Polish: komar