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    STICK INSECT

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Any of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike bodiesplay

    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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