Pronunciation: ' faz-m ə d
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin Phasmida, group name, from Phasma, type genus, from Greek, apparition, from phainein to show ― more at FANCY
Date: 1872
: any of an order (Phasmatodea syn. Phasmida) of large cylindrical or sometimes flattened chiefly tropical insects (as a walking stick) that have long legs, strictly phytophagous habits, and incomplete metamorphosis and that include forms resembling leaves or twigs
– phasmid adjective