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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
n
1. (Medicine) a stick or cane carried in the hand to assist walking
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) the usual US name for stick insect
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 nbastone m da passeggio
walking stick nbastone m da passeggio

walking stick عصى المشي vycházková hůl spadserestok Spazierstock μπαστούνι bastón, cayado kävelykeppi canne štap za hodanje bastone da passeggio ステッキ 지팡이 wandelstok spaserstokk laska bengala трость promenadkäpp ไม้เท้า baston gậy chống 手杖


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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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