Stick insects

stick insect

Any of several insects of the family Phasmidae, as the walking stick, that resemble sticks or twigs.

stick insect

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various mostly tropical insects of the family Phasmidae that have an elongated cylindrical body and long legs and resemble twigs: order Phasmida Also called (US and Canadian) walking stick See also leaf insect

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Noun

stick insect - any of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike bodies

walkingstick, walking stick

phasmid, phasmid insect - large cylindrical or flattened mostly tropical insects with long strong legs that feed on plants; walking sticks and leaf insects

family Phasmatidae, family Phasmidae, Phasmatidae, Phasmidae - stick insects

diapheromera, Diapheromera femorata - a variety of stick insect

Translations

stick insect

n → Gespenstheuschrecke f

stick insect n → insetto stecco

stick insect → الحشرة العصوية pakobylka vyzáblá vandrende pind Gespenstheuschrecke έντομο της οικογένειας Phasmatodea insecto palo sauvasirkka phasme paličnjak insetto stecco ナナフシ 대벌레 wandelende tak pinnedyr patyczak bicho pau, bicho-pau палочник vandrande pinne แมลงในเขตร้อน sopa çekirgesi sâu que 竹节虫

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class Hexapoda class Insecta diapheromera Diapheromera femorata family Phasmatidae family Phasmidae family Phillidae family Phyllidae genus Diapheromera Hexapoda insect invertebrate leaf insect order Phasmatodea order Phasmida Phasmatidae Phasmatodea phasmid phasmid insect	CHILDREN in Miss Marshall's class at Belmont Primary School in Guisborough have six stick insects for pets. Me and My Pet by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England) GIANT stick insects and beautiful butterflies were among the creepy crawlies which visited St Augustine's Primary School in Radford. Up close for insect inspection by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England) To improve their camouflage, stick insects have been observed to change colour to suit the plant they happen to be sitting on. Specieswatch by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk	Stichaeidae Sticherus Sticherus flabellatus stichic Stichidium stichomancy Stichometrical stichometry stichomythia Stichwort stick stick (air transport) stick about stick around stick at stick by Stick chimney stick cinnamon stick commander (air transport) stick down stick figure stick float stick horse stick in stick insect Stick insects stick lac stick on stick out stick out for stick pin stick shift stick to stick together stick up stick up for stick with stick-in-the-mud Stick-lac stick-on Stick-seed stick-tight stick-to-itiveness stick-up stickball stickball game sticked sticker sticker price stickful stickhandle	Stick grenade Stick grenade Stick grenades Stick grenades Stick grenades stick head above the parapet stick horse stick in stick in stick in stick in (one's) craw stick in (one's) craw stick in (one's) craw stick in craw stick in craw stick in craw stick in craw stick in craw stick in craw stick in gullet stick in mind Stick in the Mud stick in throat stick in throat stick in throat stick in throat stick in throat stick in throat stick insect stick insect Stick insects stick into stick into stick into stick into stick into stick into stick it on stick it on stick it on stick it on stick it on stick it out stick it to stick it to stick it to stick it to stick it to stick it to stick lac Stick man Stick man Stick man Stick Man Syndrome Stick Metal Arc Welding stick model stick neck out stick neck out stick neck out stick neck out stick neck out

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class Hexapoda
class Insecta
diapheromera
Diapheromera femorata
family Phasmatidae
family Phasmidae
family Phillidae
family Phyllidae
genus Diapheromera
Hexapoda
insect
invertebrate
leaf insect
order Phasmatodea
order Phasmida
Phasmatidae
Phasmatodea
phasmid
phasmid insect

CHILDREN in Miss Marshall's class at Belmont Primary School in Guisborough have six stick insects for pets.

Me and My Pet by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)

GIANT stick insects and beautiful butterflies were among the creepy crawlies which visited St Augustine's Primary School in Radford.

Up close for insect inspection by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)

To improve their camouflage, stick insects have been observed to change colour to suit the plant they happen to be sitting on.

Specieswatch by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk

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