Stick Insect

Corny had worked hard to maintain her stick-insect figure. ❋ Karen Quinn (2008)

Also there's a rather fabulous sketch about a dog and a stick-insect, and even a bit of the old user-generated content, thanks to BBC's Comedy Soup thingy. ❋ Annawaits (2007)

I seem to have got the wrong end of the stick-insect. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Walking talent-void Kate Moss – a godforsaken marriage twixt woman and stick-insect – has launched her ‘comeback’ after her drug-snorting shame was exposed by a major tabloid paper. ❋ Unknown (2005)

If he was a cop, he was plainclothes: A gray sodden suit hung loosely from his stick-insect body. ❋ Philip Jolowicz (2002)

The goatee boy DJ was still doing his stuff in the corner, the stick-insect shop assistant with the sneer was still sneering, and I was still attempting to hold true to my dark blue/black clothing rule. ❋ Mike Gayle (2000)

He stood up again and shouted after the departing stick-insect. ❋ Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- (2000)

He stood Up again and shouted after the departing stick-insect. ❋ Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- (2000)

He was a gaunt, tall, grey-bearded fellow as thin as a stick-insect, and he performed the most menial of all services, being a sweeper by caste. ❋ Maurice Nicoll (1918)

Thousands of stick-insect soldiers were marching towards him, all perfectly in step, all holding those squealing tubes. ❋ Dave Golder (2010)

In the fashion world skinny equals functional and economical - you don't need much fabric to cover a stick-insect model. ❋ Eva Wiseman (2010)

There are around 3,000 known species of stick-insect, mainly living in the tropics and subtropics ❋ Unknown (2008)