Usage of "stick insect"

Portuguese

Any of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike bodies.

Usage of stick insect in English

One moment, he looks like a gigolo, the next, a stick insect. 
 The Guardian 

This particular species of stick insect is the largest in NZ. 
 Radio NZ 

Green stick insect is not this season's best fashion choice. 
 Future Lovecraft 

I spotted a stick insect in our garden in July. 
 The Irish Times 

We like the idea of getting a stick insect. 
 The Guardian 

My name's Twiggy, and I'm a stick insect. 
 Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation 

I was becoming the perfect stick insect. 
 The power of one 

These included the Lord Howe Island land lobster, a stick insect as long as an outstretched human hand. 
 The Guardian 

The unarmed stick insect has established populations in the United Kingdom, which explains why he was found there. 
 Radio NZ 

I found this insect on the ivy (photo enclosed) and it looks like a stick insect. 
 The Irish Times 

Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Lord Howe Island phasmid, or stick insect, is on the list of critically endangered species. 
 The Guardian 

A microbe in the gut of a stick insect could help scientists to unravel the puzzle of antibiotic resistance. 
 BBC 

Is it a stick insect? 
 The Irish Times 

All I could imagine, however, was a man in green underwear with the green, scrawny body of a stick insect. 
 Another life altogether: a novel 

It is much more likely that you've conjured up a female stick insect with a patrician voice and terrifyingly sculptured features. 
 The Irish Times 

Among the branches of a shrub her action is cautious and stealthy; but the stick insect is seldom to be caught napping. 
 The Confessions of a Beachcomber 

Translations for stick insect

Portuguese

bengala

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Meanings of stick insect in English