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单词 stick insect
释义

stick insect


noun

walking stick (def. 2).

Origin of stick insect

First recorded in 1850–55

Words nearby stick insect

stickhandler, sticking place, sticking plaster, sticking point, stick in one's craw, stick insect, stick-in-the-mud, stickit, stick it to someone, stickle, stickleback
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British Dictionary definitions for stick insect

stick insect

noun

any of various mostly tropical insects of the family Phasmidae that have an elongated cylindrical body and long legs and resemble twigs: order PhasmidaAlso called (US and Canadian): walking stick See also leaf insect
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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