单词 | prairie alligator |
释义 | > as lemmasprairie alligator prairie alligator n. any of various stick insects (walking sticks). ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Prairie-alligator, an insect of the family Phasmidæ;..usually the thick-thighed walking-stick, Diapheromera femorata. 1894 Scudder in Harper's Mag. Feb. 456 The form..dubbed ‘stick-bogs’ and ‘prairie alligators’, our Diapheromera femorata. 2005 News–Press (Fort Myers, Florida) (Nexis) 15 May (Tropicalia Mag.) 6 r Anisomorpha buprestoides... Variously known as the devil's riding horse, prairie alligator, stick bug, witch's horse, devil's darning needle, scorpion, and musk mare, the twostriped walking stick is one of about 2,000 species in the world. < as lemmas |
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