| 单词 | stick bug |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstick bug stick bug n. U.S. (a) a stick insect, esp. Diapheromera femorata (family Diapheromeridae); †(b) an assassin bug, Emesaya brevipennis (family Reduviidae), having an elongated body resembling a twig (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Phasmida > family Phasmidae walking stick1760 leaf insect1795 spectre1798 stick insect1826 spectrum1838 phasmid1864 stick bug1868 twig insect1882 witch's horse1894 1868 Amer. Entomologist 1 58/1 The long-bodied, long-legged, slender, slow-moving, greenish-brown insects, about three inches in length, exclusive of their long, slender legs, which measure each of them nearly as many inches more, are the common Stick-bug (Spectrum femoratum, Say). 1890 Cent. Dict. Stick-bug,..a predaceous reduvioid bug of the United States, Emesa longipes, with a long slender brown body and long spider-like legs, the front pair of which are raptorial. 1928 Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 25 215 Locust nymph. This visitor was found as prey of the stick-bug, Emesa brevipennis. 1995 J. Shreeve Neandertal Enigma (1996) xi. 293 Deception is rife in the natural world. Stick bugs pretend to be sticks. 2015 S. Engel Hungry Mind ix. 172 A day didn't go by without her pointing out an interesting leaf, or bringing a stick bug inside to see what it would do if placed on the table. < as lemmas |
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