walkingstick

walkingstick
noun
any of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike bodies
Syn: ↑walking stick, ↑stick insect
Hypernyms: ↑phasmid, ↑phasmid insect
Hyponyms: ↑diapheromera, ↑Diapheromera femorata
Member Holonyms: ↑Phasmidae, ↑family Phasmidae, ↑Phasmatidae, ↑family Phasmatidae

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noun

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