Definition of "stick insect" []

• Any of several insects of the family Phasmidae, as the walking stick, that resemble sticks or twigs. (noun)

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• "Richard Kerr, the author of NATURE: CURIOUS AND BEAUTIFUL, describes a specimen of the stick insect from a cabinet specimen and a pen-and-ink drawing in the museum of the Hon."