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

ムール貝[muurugai] moule
一枚貝[ichimaigai] univalve
烏貝[karasugai] cockscomb pearl mussel (Cristaria plicata)
貝ボタン[kaibotan] mother-of-pearl button
貝貨[baika] shell money

貝がら[kaigara] shell
貝柱[kaibashira] adductor muscle
貝毒[kaidoku] shellfish poison
貝類[kairui] shellfish

寄越す[yokosu] to send
越幾斯[ekisu] extract (esp. of food, fruit, etc.)
越南[betonamu] Vietnam
引き越す[hikkosu] to move (house)
越す[kosu] to cross over (e.g. mountain)

越境[ekkyou] border transgression
越権[ekken] going beyond authority
越冬[ettou] passing the winter
越年[etsunen] ring out the old year
夏越し[natsugoshi] keeping over the summer