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stick insect

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stick insect: see walking stick walking stick or stick insect, names applied to extremely longbodied, slow-moving, herbivorous insects , forming a single family in the order Phasmatodea.
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stick insect
any of various mostly tropical insects of the family Phasmidae that have an elongated cylindrical body and long legs and resemble twigs: order Phasmida


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I don't think [actresses] are supposed to look like stick insects.
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6-inch) long wingless bug, a cross between a mantis and stick insect, lives atop mountains in Namibia, Africa.
 
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