单词 | animated stick |
释义 | > as lemmasanimated stick animated stick n. Australian rare the stick insect Acrophylla titan (family Phasmatidae) of the eastern coast of Australia, the female of which is one of the world's longest insects. ΚΠ 1833 G. R. Gray Entomol. Austral. 19 The Titan tailed Spectre, or Diura Titan..is found on shrubs in the scrubby parts of the Colony..and is locally termed ‘Walking Straw’, or ‘Animated Stick’. 1942 E. O. Essig College Entomol. 122 The giant brown phasmid Pelophus titan Sjostedt, of Australia..is called the walking straw or animated stick. < as lemmas |
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