What am I?

I contain words about words, some of which you've never heard. What am I?

Half of the population uses me, and you lose me all the time. I'm small and yellow, black, brown or silver. You use me to hold things up. What am I?

I'm known to hop but I can also fly. In Australia is where you'll find me.

I have a hundred legs but cannot stand, a long neck but no head; I eat the maid's life. What am I?

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