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STICK INSECT
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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:
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)