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Noun: stick insect  stik in-sekt
  1. Any of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike bodies
    "The stick insect's elongated form perfectly mimicked a small branch";
    - walking stick, walkingstick

Derived forms: stick insects

Type of: phasmid, phasmid insect

Part of: family Phasmatidae, family Phasmidae, Phasmatidae, Phasmidae

Encyclopedia: Stick insect