stick insect
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of stick insect
First recorded in 1850–55
Example Sentences
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To address this gap, Patrik Nosil, an evolutionary biologist with France’s national research agency CNRS, and colleagues studied populations of the stick insect Timema cristinae.
From Science Magazine ● May 23, 2024
They released her into a plastic container containing soil and placed a stick insect egg inside.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2023
The Lord Howe Island stick insect, which is from an island off Australia and was thought to have been extinct for decades.
From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2022
Her said her son was so excited, she took the stick insect into school to show to the other children.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2022
She’d gotten the idea from the stick insect, but Roz quickly realized that camouflaging herself as a twig was out of the question.
From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown
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