walking stick
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walking stick
n.
1. A cane or staff used as an aid in walking.
2. 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. Also called stick insect.
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walking stick
orwalkingstick
n
1. (Medicine) a stick or cane carried in the hand to assist walking
2. (Animals) the usual US name for stick insect
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walk′ing stick`
n.
1. a stick held in the hand and used to help support oneself while walking.
2. Also, walk′ing•stick`. Also called stick insect. any of several insects of the family Phasmatidae, having a long, slender, twiglike body.
[1570–80]
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Noun | 1. | walking stick - a stick carried in the hand for support in walking cane - a stick that people can lean on to help them walk stick - an implement consisting of a length of wood; "he collected dry sticks for a campfire"; "the kid had a candied apple on a stick" supplejack - walking stick made from the wood of an American tropical vine |
2. | walking stick - any of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike bodies phasmid, phasmid insect - large cylindrical or flattened mostly tropical insects with long strong legs that feed on plants; walking sticks and leaf insects diapheromera, Diapheromera femorata - a variety of stick insect |
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Translations
vycházková hůl
spadserestok
چوبدست
kävelykeppi
מקל הליכה
štap za hodanje
botsáskasétabotsétapálca
ステッキナナフシ杖
지팡이
baculum
sprehajalna palica
promenadkäpp
ไม้เท้า
gậy chống
walking stick
n → bastone m da passeggioCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
walking stick
→ عَصَا الـمَشْي vycházková hůl spadserestok Spazierstock μπαστούνι bastón, cayado kävelykeppi canne štap za hodanje bastone da passeggio ステッキ 지팡이 wandelstok spaserstokk laska bengala трость promenadkäpp ไม้เท้า baston gậy chống 手杖Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009