ランブル鞭毛虫[ranburubenmouchuu] giardia (flagellate protozoan)
ランブル鞭毛虫症[ranburubenmouchuushou] giardiasis
いも虫[imomushi] hornworm (caterpillar of a hawk moth)
益虫[ekichuu] useful insect
円虫類[enchuurui] round worms

夏虫[natsumushi] summer insect
蛔虫[kaichuu] roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides)
害虫[gaichuu] harmful insect
鈎虫[kouchuu] hookworm
寄生虫[kiseichuu] parasite

鬚髯[shuzen] mustache and beard
口鬚[kuchihige] moustache
顎鬚[agohige] beard (esp. on the chin)
虎鬚[torahige] bristly beard or mustache
鬚を生やす[higewohayasu] to grow a beard

巻鬚[makihige] tendril
顎鬚海豹[agohigeazarashi] bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus)
鯨鬚[kujirahige] whalebone
鬚鯨[higekujira] baleen whale