PHASMID


Meaning of PHASMID in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈfaz-məd ]

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

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