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• Australian stick insects and mantids — Praying mantids and Stick insects of Australia are mainly found in small mantis colonies and some large stick insect colonies although the largest of all Phasmids (stick insects) is the Great Brown phasmid ( Titan stick insect ) which can reach… …   Wikipedia

• Stick Mantis — and Twig Mantis are common names applied to numerous species of mantis that mimic sticks or twigs as camouflage. Often the name serves to identify entire genera such as is the case with: [ [http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/choate/mantid key1… …   Wikipedia

• stick insect — stick insects also stick insect N COUNT A stick insect is an insect with a long body and thin legs. It looks like a small stick …   English dictionary

• stick insect — stick .insect n BrE a long thin insect that looks like a small stick ▪ young models who look like stick insects (=are very thin) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• stick insect — noun any of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike bodies • Syn: ↑walking stick, ↑walkingstick • Hypernyms: ↑phasmid, ↑phasmid insect • Hyponyms: ↑diapheromera, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• stick insect — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms stick insect : singular stick insect plural stick insects a long thin insect that looks like a small stick …   English dictionary

• Stick — Stick, n. [OE. sticke, AS. sticca; akin to stician to stab, prick, pierce, G. stecken a stick, staff, OHG. steccho, Icel. stik a stick. See {Stick}, v. t..] 1. A small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from a tree or shrub; also, any… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Stick chimney — Stick Stick, n. [OE. sticke, AS. sticca; akin to stician to stab, prick, pierce, G. stecken a stick, staff, OHG. steccho, Icel. stik a stick. See {Stick}, v. t..] 1. A small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from a tree or shrub; also …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Stick insect — Stick Stick, n. [OE. sticke, AS. sticca; akin to stician to stab, prick, pierce, G. stecken a stick, staff, OHG. steccho, Icel. stik a stick. See {Stick}, v. t..] 1. A small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from a tree or shrub; also …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• stick|lac — «STIHK LAK», noun, or stick lac, a natural, dark red, transparent resin deposited on the twigs of trees in India and southern Asia by certain insects; shellac (in its natural state); lac …   Useful english dictionary

• stick — 01. We are teaching our dog how to fetch a [stick]. 02. The children spent the afternoon throwing [sticks] into the creek, and watching them drift downstream. 03. He was arrested after hitting someone over the head with his [stick] during the… …   Grammatical examples in English