Answer:
What English word retains the same pronunciation, even after you take away four of its five letters?
What can you catch but not throw?
Although I'm not an insect, some people found me very difficult to exterminate. They called me something like 'insane priest.' The first half of my name means the same as 'scrape,' & my last three letters are a metal. Who am I?
My first is in some but not in all. My second is into but not in tall. My third in little but no in big. My fourth in port but not in pig. My whole is made in nature's way. For clothing, rugs used every day.
White bird, featherless, flying out of paradise. Flying over sea and land. Dying in my hand.
I run through hills. I veer around mountains. I leap over rivers. And crawl through the forests. Step out your door to find me.