insectoid
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insectoids
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The red, pink and orange canvas with a wooden frame that looks as if it’s been clawed as much as carved, highlights an insectoid figure banging around inside a geometric armature.
From New York Times ● May 9, 2024
Other cast members include Zoe Saldana as Star-Lord's love interest, Gamora; Karen Gillan as her cyborg sister Nebula, Vin Diesel as tree-being Groot; and Pom Klementieff as the insectoid Mantis.
From Reuters ● May 4, 2023
The Empire, inquisitors and even bounty hunters, like the insectoid droid 4-LOM, are all attempting to capture the elusive Obi-Wan.
From Salon ● May 5, 2022
For the many of us who have not spent 2021 at the gym calling our mothers while planning our weekly soup-kitchen volunteer schedule, we know the insectoid life span such New Year’s resolutions can have.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 31, 2021
Starship Troopers It’s humanity versus a species of intelligent insectoid creatures in Paul Verhoeven’s effects-laden 1997 sci-fi fable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2020
Additionally, this year’s Terror Tram experience, “The Exterminatorz,” features a scenario wherein the insectoid tour guide escorts the human riders toward a twisted finale to the delight of its fellow insectoids.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2023
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