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Definition: Stick Insect |
Stick InsectNoun1. Any of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike bodies. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Stick InsectSynonyms: walking stick (n), walkingstick (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Stick Insect |
| English words defined with "stick insect": diapheromera, Diapheromera femorata ♦ Walking stick. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | We're in the stickiest situation since Sticky the stick insect got stuck on a sticky bun. (Blackadder Goes Forth; writing credit: Richard Curtis; Ben Elton) | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
walking stick insect | 61 |
stick insect | 27 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "stick insect"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | حشرة عصوية. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | насекомо наподобяващо пръчица. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | pakobylka. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | phasme. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מקלן. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | botsáska. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | kibbinagh (spiked, stakelike). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ickstay insectay колющее насекомое. (various references) insecto palo. (various references) vandrande pinne. (various references) kanatsız böcek. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Insecta. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-e-i-i-k-n-s-s-t-t" | |
-2 letters: scientist, stickiest, stinkiest. | |
-3 letters: ekistics, ickiness, kinesics, kinetics. | |
-4 letters: ekistic, iciness, ickiest, incests, incises, incites, inkiest, insects, kinesic, kinesis, kinetic, kittens, kitties, sickens, sickest, sickies, stickit, tickets, tiniest. | |
-5 letters: cities, iciest, incest, incise, incite, insect, insets, insist, kitten, nicest, niseis, scenic, scents, seisin, seniti, sicken, sickie, siskin, sitten, skeins, skites, snecks, snicks, steins, sticks. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Translations: Ancient 10. Anagrams 11. Bibliography |
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