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walking stick

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walking stick
n.
1. A cane or staff used as an aid in walking.
2. A stick insect, especially a widely distributed North American species (Diapheromera femorata) that is brown to greenish and usually inhabits deciduous trees.

walking stick
Noun
a stick or cane carried in the hand to assist walking
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.walking stickwalking stick - a stick carried in the hand for support in walking
cane - a stick that people can lean on to help them walk
stick - an implement consisting of a length of wood; "he collected dry sticks for a campfire"; "the kid had a candied apple on a stick"
supplejack - walking stick made from the wood of an American tropical vine
2.walking stickwalking stick - any of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike bodies
phasmid, phasmid insect - large cylindrical or flattened mostly tropical insects with long strong legs that feed on plants; walking sticks and leaf insects
diapheromera, Diapheromera femorata - a variety of stick insect
Translations

walking stick nbastón m
walking stick walk ncanne f
walking stick walk nSpazierstock m
walking stick nbastone m da passeggio


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His pine-tree walking stick lay on the ground, close by his side.
Then something resembling a little grey snake, about the thickness of a walking stick, coiled up out of the writhing middle, and wriggled in the air towards me--and then another.
Vanstone, taking up his old felt hat and his thick walking stick from the hall table.
 
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