Sentence examples for stick insect from inspiring English sources
noun
Any of various insects of the order Phasmatodea that mimic sticks or twigs.
The stick insect, Ursula, senses danger.
My name's Twiggy, and I'm a stick insect.
"Whom, darling, freedom for whom," corrects the stick insect, nervously.
David Gray and Damien Rice are Neanderthal elks compared to this tremulous stick insect.
"I get my hug somewhere between the budgerigar and the stick insect.
The helicopter, which resembles an orange stick insect, continually shuttled snow from higher elevations.
I'm always impressed when anyone aged 18-25 has a pet bigger than a stick insect, especially in a city.
The elephant looked them over, and seeing the stick-insect, promptly tossed the leaves aside.
His long, stick-insect fingers are forever caressing his body or describing neurotic patterns in the air.
The robot exhibited a range of gaits using stick-insect-based distributed control mechanisms and negotiated irregular, slatted and compliant surfaces with this biologically based control strategy.
Yet it seems to be of some use as you can't breed a penguin with an albatross, let alone a stick-insect or amoeba.
