stick insect
noun
: any of various usually wingless phasmid insects (especially family Phasmatidae) with a long cylindrical body resembling a stick
broadly
: phasmid
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Emmott added that every species of stick insect has its own distinct egg style, including different textures, pittings, surfaces and even shapes.
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Sara Chernikoff, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2025
The new stick insect was discovered in the canopies of the mountainous Wet Tropics region of Far North Queensland, in Australia’s northeast.
—CNN Money, 1 Aug. 2025
The Lord Howe Island stick insect—once a pervasive fixture on the island—was declared extinct on the main island by 1920.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
As a result, boobies, shearwaters, petrels, and other seabirds have recovered, and island creatures from lizards to stick insects have reclaimed their homes.
—Byelizabeth Pennisi, science.org, 19 Sep. 2024
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Sara Chernikoff, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2025
The new stick insect was discovered in the canopies of the mountainous Wet Tropics region of Far North Queensland, in Australia’s northeast.
—CNN Money, 1 Aug. 2025
The Lord Howe Island stick insect—once a pervasive fixture on the island—was declared extinct on the main island by 1920.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
As a result, boobies, shearwaters, petrels, and other seabirds have recovered, and island creatures from lizards to stick insects have reclaimed their homes.
—Byelizabeth Pennisi, science.org, 19 Sep. 2024
See All Example Sentences for stick insect
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“Stick insect.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stick%20insect. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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