Phrase guide

stick insect

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of various insects of the order Phasmida that mimic sticks or twigs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: stick bug, walking stick

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

any of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike bodies

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: walking stick, walkingstick

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: phasmid, phasmid insect

Narrower terms: diapheromera, Diapheromera femorata

History

Etymology

Compound of stick + insect.

Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: göstərmə — insects of the order Phasmida
  • Bengali: কাঠিপোকা (kaṭhipōka) — insects of the order Phasmida
  • Catalan: insecte bastó — insects of the order Phasmida
  • Cherokee: ᏍᎩᎾ ᎤᎩᎸᏗ (sgina ugilvdi) — insects of the order Phasmida
  • Chinese Mandarin: 竹節蟲 /竹节虫 (zhújiéchóng) — insects of the order Phasmida
  • Dutch: wandelende tak — insects of the order Phasmida
  • Esperanto: fasmo — insects of the order Phasmida
  • Finnish: sauvasirkka — insects of the order Phasmida
  • Finnish: kummitussirkka — insects of the order Phasmida
  • French: phasme — insects of the order Phasmida
  • Galician: insecto pau — insects of the order Phasmida
  • German: Gespenstschrecke — insects of the order Phasmida
  • Greek: φασματώδη (fasmatódi) — insects of the order Phasmida
  • Hungarian: botsáska — insects of the order Phasmida
  • Irish: cipíneach — insects of the order Phasmida
  • Italian: fasmide — insects of the order Phasmida
  • Japanese: ナナフシ (nanafushi) — insects of the order Phasmida
  • Korean: 대벌레 (daebeolle) — insects of the order Phasmida
  • Māori: rō — insects of the order Phasmida
  • Māori: whē — insects of the order Phasmida
  • Navajo: wónikǫsí — insects of the order Phasmida
  • Odia: କାଠିପୋକ (kāṭhipoka) — insects of the order Phasmida
  • Polish: patyczak — insects of the order Phasmida
  • Portuguese: bicho-pau — insects of the order Phasmida
  • Portuguese: inseto-pau — insects of the order Phasmida
  • Romanian: fasmide — insects of the order Phasmida
  • Russian: па́лочник (páločnik) — insects of the order Phasmida
  • Spanish: fásmido — insects of the order Phasmida
  • Spanish: insecto palo — insects of the order Phasmida
  • Swedish: vandrande pinne — insects of the order Phasmida
  • Turkish: çubuk böceği — insects of the order Phasmida
  • Vietnamese: bọ que — insects of the order Phasmida
  • Welsh: pryf brigyn — insects of the order Phasmida