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Meanings of stick insect in English

Portuguese
bengala

Any of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike bodies.

bengala
Synonyms
Examples for "walkingstick"
Examples for "walkingstick"
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And now Uncle John, finding himself left alone, took his walkingstick and started out to explore the valley.
Aunt Jane's Nieces Abroad
2
She turned sharply, and saw an old woman all in black, quite tall, but leaning on a walkingstick.
I shall wear midnight
3
Mr. Trevanion walked on briskly and in silence, one hand in his bosom, the other swinging carelessly a thick walkingstick.
The Caxtons: A Family Picture — Volume 05
4
An impulse seized me, I put down my walkingstick and began picking up pieces of wood, flinging them into the wagon.
A Far Country — Volume 3
5
There may be hope for you yet, Siobhán Walkingstick.
Coyote dreams
1
Before him, in the sun, his walking stick stuck in the ground.
An American Robinson Crusoe
2
To his surprise, he saw his walking stick floating on the water.
The hunchback assignments
3
His hand looked shaky at best, walking stick tucked under his arm.
The Mammoth Book of Steampunk
4
His pine-tree walking stick lay on the ground, close by his side.
Tanglewood Tales
5
One day she disappeared forever into the city with her walking stick.
Say you're one of them
Usage of stick insect in English
1
One moment, he looks like a gigolo, the next, a stick insect.
The Guardian
2
This particular species of stick insect is the largest in NZ.
Radio NZ
3
Green stick insect is not this season's best fashion choice.
Future Lovecraft
4
I spotted a stick insect in our garden in July.
The Irish Times
5
We like the idea of getting a stick insect.
The Guardian
6
My name's Twiggy, and I'm a stick insect.
Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation
7
I was becoming the perfect stick insect.
The power of one
8
These included the Lord Howe Island land lobster, a stick insect as long as an outstretched human hand.
The Guardian
9
The unarmed stick insect has established populations in the United Kingdom, which explains why he was found there.
Radio NZ
10
I found this insect on the ivy (photo enclosed) and it looks like a stick insect.
The Irish Times
11
Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Lord Howe Island phasmid, or stick insect, is on the list of critically endangered species.
The Guardian
12
A microbe in the gut of a stick insect could help scientists to unravel the puzzle of antibiotic resistance.
BBC
13
Is it a stick insect?
The Irish Times
14
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
15
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
16
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