昆虫類(こんちゅうるい)

こんちゅうるい
noun
insects; the insect class
1. insects (as a group); the insect class
Insects considered collectively as a category of living things. The suffix 類(るい) groups the members into a class, so the word means insects in general rather than one particular bug.
昆虫類(こんちゅうるい)を観察(かんさつ)する。
I observe insects.
この森(もり)には多(おお)くの昆虫類(こんちゅうるい)が生息(せいそく)している。
Many kinds of insects live in this forest.
昆虫類(こんちゅうるい)は地球上(ちきゅうじょう)で最(もっと)も種類(しゅるい)が多(おお)い生(い)き物(もの)だと言(い)われている。
Insects are said to be the most diverse group of living things on Earth.

Formed from 昆虫(こんちゅう) (insect) plus the suffix 類(るい) (kind, class), which groups things into a category. Used when speaking of insects collectively, especially in scientific or descriptive contexts.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 昆虫類(こんちゅうるい)を採集(さいしゅう)する: to collect insects
  • 昆虫類(こんちゅうるい)の生態(せいたい): the ecology of insects
  • 昆虫類(こんちゅうるい)が生息(せいそく)する: insects inhabit (a place)

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 昆虫(こんちゅう): insect — refers to an individual insect or insects in general
  • 虫(むし): bug, insect — everyday word, broader and less technical than 昆虫(こんちゅう)
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