Definitions

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  • noun informal An insect / bug etc.

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Examples

  • "The birdwatcher's Glastonbury", Birdfair promotes wildlife conservation and offers minibeast safaris, interactive workshops, lectures and more.

    This week's new events James Marshall 2010

  • The Royal Parks Foundation's new Isis Education Centre - partly funded by the Halcyon Gallery - is a fabulous place to introduce children to nature and the environment, with a butterfly bank, wormeries, "minibeast" habitats, a dipping pond with underwater endoscopes, and amazing laptop and microscope linkups.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Geoffrey Lean 2011

  • One such group of projects involved school children planting a tree trail, creating ponds, building 'minibeast mansions' and constructing a wildflower garden that brought birds, bees and butterflies to the playground.

    Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

  • This year our school wide them is discoveries and our inquiry - discovering our backyard - insects and minibeast starts next week.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2009

  • "Quite literally, a ‘minibeast’ is simply a small animal.

    impaled gail, lynched lyndon 2007

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