Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any orthopterous insect of the family Phasmidæ: particularly applied to Diapheromera femorata, the commonest insect of this kind in the United States, where it is also called wood-horse, stick-insect, twig-bug, twig-insect, walking-twig, walking-stick, prairie-alligator, specter, and devil's horse. See cut under
Phasma . - noun 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; the spider-bug.
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Examples
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She was very much excited when we went upstairs; so I tried to interest her in a curious insect called a stick-bug.
The Story of My Life Annie Sullivan 1905
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She was very much excited when we went upstairs; so I tried to interest her in a curious insect called a stick-bug.
The Story of My Life Keller, Helen, 1880-1968 1903
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Paul Sheehan: It's a sad commentary on the major news networks when THE BE ... frank: I especially like the fade-ins where your head seems so, er, ... lutton: Holy crap, that stick-bug made me laugh out loud.
Brendan Calling 2009
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Paul Sheehan: It's a sad commentary on the major news networks when THE BE ... frank: I especially like the fade-ins where your head seems so, er, ... lutton: Holy crap, that stick-bug made me laugh out loud.
Brendan Calling 2009
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