Definition of phasmid Phasmid
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What does phasmid mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: phasmids |
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| phasmid - large cylindrical or flattened mostly tropical insects with long strong legs that feed on plants; walking sticks and leaf insects | ||
| phasmid insect | ||
| insect small air-breathing arthropod | ||
| order phasmatodea, order phasmida, phasmatodea, phasmida in some classifications considered a suborder of Orthoptera: stick insects; leaf insects | ||
| stick insect, walkingstick, walking stick any of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike bodies | ||
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Wiktionary 
- phasmid (Noun)
Any insect of the order Phasmida; the leaf insect s and walking stick s. - phasmid (Noun)
Either of the two caudal chemoreceptors in some nematodes.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- phasmid (n.)
Any orthopterous insect of the family Phasmidae, as a leaf insect or a stick insect.
Part of speech
🔤- phasmid, noun, singular of phasmids.
