Meaning

1 senses
  1. Any of various insects of the order Phasmida that mimic sticks or twigs.

    Gespenstschrecke

    па́лочникpáločnik

    any of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike bodies

Examples

2 sentences
  1. He wrote an opera about a stick insect going through high school.

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  2. Pablo only likes strange pets: tarantulas, iguanas, stick insects, sugar gliders and creatures like that.

Translations

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insects of the order Phasmida:
Deutsch
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insects of the order Phasmida:

Origin

Compound of stick + insect.

Compound of stick + insect.

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Forms

plural: stick insects

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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