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• water stick insect — noun A slender twiglike water insect (Ranatra linearis), closely related to the water scorpion • • • Main Entry: ↑water …   Useful english dictionary

• insect — insectival /in sek tuy veuhl/, adj. /in sekt/, n. 1. any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two… …   Universalium

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