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STICK INSECT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike bodies

Synonyms:

stick insect; walking stick; walkingstick

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("stick insect" is a kind of...):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stick insect"):

diapheromera; Diapheromera femorata (a variety of stick insect)

Holonyms ("stick insect" is a member of...):

family Phasmatidae; family Phasmidae; Phasmatidae; Phasmidae (stick insects)

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