21
bug(noun, creature, fly, speck, nuisance)
15
pest(noun, trouble, bother, pain, fly)
15
invertebrate(noun, nature, animal, creature, fauna)
13
beetle(noun, creature, type, fly, classification)
12
vermin(noun, nature, animal, creature, fauna)
12
animalcule(noun, animal, creature, fauna, being)
12
arthropod(noun, nature, animal, creature, fauna)
12
hexapod(noun, fauna, being, invertebrate, arthropod)
11
insecta(noun, fauna, being, invertebrate, arthropod)
10
fly(noun, type, classification, bug, littleness)
10
louse(noun, trouble, type, bother, pain)
10
bee(noun, type, classification, bug, invertebrate)
10
mosquito(noun, type, fly, classification, bug)
10
creepy-crawly(noun, fauna, being, invertebrate)
10
mite(noun, type, classification, bug, insect)
10
snippersnapper(noun, feature, person, unimportance)
9
worm(noun, nature, animal, creature, fauna)
9
ant(noun, creature, type, fly, classification)
9
butterfly(noun, type, classification, bug, invertebrate)
9
hornet(noun, type, classification, bug, invertebrate)
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