"stick insect" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: stick insects [plural]
Etymology: Compound of stick + insect. Etymology templates: {{com|en|stick|insect}} stick + insect Head templates: {{en-noun}} stick insect (plural stick insects)
  1. Any of various insects of the order Phasmida that mimic sticks or twigs. Categories (lifeform): Stick insects Synonyms: stick bug, walking stick, stick-insect Derived forms: Lord Howe Island stick insect Translations (insects of the order Phasmida): কাঠিপোকা (kaṭhipōka) (Bengali), insecte bastó (Catalan), ᏍᎩᎾ ᎤᎩᎸᏗ (sgina ugilvdi) (Cherokee), 竹節蟲 (Chinese Mandarin), 竹节虫 (zhújiéchóng) (Chinese Mandarin), wandelende tak (Dutch), fasmo (Esperanto), sauvasirkka (Finnish), phasme [masculine] (French), insecto pau [masculine] (Galician), Gespenstschrecke [feminine] (German), φασματώδη (fasmatódi) [feminine] (Greek), botsáska (Hungarian), cipíneach [masculine] (Irish), fasmide [masculine] (Italian), ナナフシ (nanafushi) (Japanese), 대벌레 (daebeolle) (Korean), (Maori), whē (Maori), wónikǫsí (Navajo), କାଠିପୋକ (kaṭhipokô) (Odia), patyczak [masculine] (Polish), bicho-pau [masculine] (Portuguese), inseto-pau [masculine] (Portuguese), fasmide [feminine, plural] (Romanian), па́лочник (páločnik) [masculine] (Russian), fásmido [masculine] (Spanish), insecto palo [masculine] (Spanish), vandrande pinne [common-gender] (Swedish), bọ que (Vietnamese), pryf brigyn [masculine] (Welsh)

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