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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A cane or staff used as an aid in walking.
- noun Any of numerous slow-moving phasmid insects, chiefly of the family Phasmatidae, having a slender brown or green body that resembles a stick or twig.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A stick prepared for use as an assistance in walking, differing from the staff (compare
pilgrim's staff , under pilgrim, and bourdon) in being generally shorter and lighter. - noun Any one of the slender-bodied species of the gressorial orthopterous family Phasmid æ; a stick-bug; a specter.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
tool , such as acane , used toease pressure on thelegs , and toaid stability , whenwalking . - noun A
stick insect . - noun slang A
playing card with the rank of seven.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike bodies
- noun any of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike bodies
- noun a stick carried in the hand for support in walking
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