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WALKING STICK

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike bodies

Synonyms:

stick insect; walking stick; walkingstick

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("walking stick" 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 "walking stick"):

diapheromera; Diapheromera femorata (a variety of stick insect)

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

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

A stick carried in the hand for support in walking

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

stick (an implement consisting of a length of wood)

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

cane (a stick that people can lean on to help them walk)

supplejack (walking stick made from the wood of an American tropical vine)

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