| 单词 | water stick-insect |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater stick-insect water stick-insect n. any of various predatory heteropteran water bugs of the genus Ranatra and related genera (family Nepidae), resembling the water scorpion but having a very long and slender body. ΚΠ 1913 R. Lulham Introd. Zool. xix. 279 Closely allied to the Water Scorpion is the Water Stick Insect or Stick Scorpion (Ranatra linearis). 1953 H. Mellanby Animal Life in Fresh Water (ed. 5) viii. 145 The other genus Ranatra (sometimes called the water-stick insect) is not so common as Nepa. 2006 N. Baker Nick Baker's Bug Bk. (new ed.) 122/2 One of the highlights..is to..notice one of the plant stems get up and start walking off. This is the Water stick-insect. < as lemmas |
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