| 单词 | stick insect |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstick insect stick insect n. any of various insects of the order Phasmida having elongated bodies resembling twigs or pieces of plant stem; also figurative; cf. walking stick n. 2. 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 1826 Asiatic Jrnl. & Monthly Reg. July 65 Specimen of the stick insect, from Prince of Wales Island. 1854 A. Adams et al. Man. Nat. Hist. 210 Stick-Insects (Phasmidæ). 1882 Cassell's Nat. Hist. VI. 130 Most of them resemble sticks, either green, growing twigs, or brown and withered branches, and hence the names of Stick-insects and Walking-sticks. 1935 Proc. Royal Soc. London B. 119 46 Experiments with the stick-insects (Carausius morosus)..have shown that the offspring of each subsequent generation accepted the ivy more readily than did their parents. 1995 Guardian 28 Nov. i. 11/3 For the past 10 years, clubwear, with its tiny pieces of Lycra and satin, tummy-revealing trousers and bra tops, has been designed for stick insects. 2012 A. Moore Lighthouse xiii. 149 He misses his stick insects, the smell of their vivarium. < as lemmas |
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