英语词汇“stick insect”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

stick insect

noun

A long, slender, slow-moving insect that resembles a twig. Many species appear to lack males and the females lay fertile eggs without mating.

It is the size of a paper clip and is described as a cross between a stick insect and a praying mantis....

A case of mistaken identity has meant that for at least 100 years, South Africa's longest insect species, a giant stick insect remained unknown and unnamed.
The creatures look part stick insect, part mantis, with a touch of grasshopper.

单词	stick insect
释义	stick insect noun A long, slender, slow-moving insect that resembles a twig. Many species appear to lack males and the females lay fertile eggs without mating. Family Phasmatidae, order Phasmida: many genera. It is the size of a paper clip and is described as a cross between a stick insect and a praying mantis.... A case of mistaken identity has meant that for at least 100 years, South Africa's longest insect species, a giant stick insect remained unknown and unnamed. The creatures look part stick insect, part mantis, with a touch of grasshopper.
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