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noun
walking stick (def. 2).
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Origin of stick insect

First recorded in 1850–55

Words nearby stick insect

stickhandler, sticking place, sticking plaster, sticking point, stick in one's craw, stick insect, stick-in-the-mud, stickit, stick it to someone, stickle, stickleback
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British Dictionary definitions for stick insect

stick insect
noun
any of various mostly tropical insects of the family Phasmidae that have an elongated cylindrical body and long legs and resemble twigs: order PhasmidaAlso called (US and Canadian): walking stick See also leaf insect
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